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| Title: | More than ever, comment on 'Chernobyl and Fukushima-Where are we now?' |
| Authors: | Ho, JC;Lee, PCT;Chang, PWS |
| Contributors: | National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences |
| Abstract: | The recent Editorial by Wakeford ( J. Radiol. Prot. 2016 36 E1 – E5 ) titled ‘ Chernobyl and Fukushima — Where are we now? ’ has highlighted the scienti fi c achievements and the lessons learnt following two major events: the Chernobyl and Fukushima nuclear disasters. The author has undertaken a comprehensive review on the major fi ndings of health impact especially ongoing psychological consequences, the challenge of estimating exposure doses and the importance of routine operational procedures to ensure nuclear safety. Indeed, as the author suggests, international efforts are yet to be made to prevent such rare but severe events. Apart from the above-mentioned subjects, we would also like to raise the importance of not only understanding health risks, but also public risk perception toward nuclear power plants or facilities and incurred risk communication issues in the future. A number of studies were conducted to investigate public risk perception after the Fukushima accident in Japan and its neighboring countries such as Taiwan, South Korea and China [ 1 – 7 ] . It was revealed that the study respondents in Japan perceived a high risk of health effec ts on the victims due to exposure to radiation and psychological distress following the incidence [ 1 ] ; while the general public in Taiwan and South Korea were concerned more about the safety of nuclear operation, potential large-scaled harm to the public, and other negative social consequences associated with nuclear accidents [ 3 – 6 ] . Most importantly, these studies showed a reverse association between risk perception and the public acceptance for nuclear facilities. A large proportion of the participants, 66% in Taiwan and 41% in South Korea, expressed distrust against their government ’ s nuclear safety management and thus strongly advocated the closure or phasing out the existing nuclear power plants in their countries [ 3, 6 ] . Another serial studies in Taiwan demonstrated that nuclear power operation was associated with the highest risk when compared with the perceived risks of fi ve common technologies or human activities concerning mortality [ 5 ] . With regard to the opinions against nuclear energy, ‘ potential catastrophic nuclear accident ’ ( 82% ) , ‘ disposal of radioactive nuclear waste ’ ( 76.9% ) and ‘ potential health effects ( 73% )’ were the major concerns [ 5 ] .Other studies were conducted in Japan, China and Switzerland [ 2, 7, 8 ] . A signi fi cant declinein public acceptance of nuclear power plants shortly in above countries after the Fukushima disaster were observed. |
| Date: | 2017-09 |
| Relation: | Journal of Radiological Protection. 2017 Sep;37(3):806-808. |
| Link to: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1361-6498/aa637d |
| JIF/Ranking 2023: | http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=NHRI&SrcApp=NHRI_IR&KeyISSN=0952-4746&DestApp=IC2JCR |
| Cited Times(WOS): | https://www.webofscience.com/wos/woscc/full-record/WOS:000409043200004 |
| Cited Times(Scopus): | https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?partnerID=HzOxMe3b&scp=85029526635 |
| Appears in Collections: | [其他] 期刊論文
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