Role of nurses in a nuclear disaster: experience in the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant accident

2013 ◽  
Vol 60 (2) ◽  
pp. 196-200 ◽  
Author(s):  
Y. Noto ◽  
C. Kitamiya ◽  
C. Itaki ◽  
M. Urushizaka ◽  
R. Kidachi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Power Plant ◽  
Nuclear Power Plant ◽  
Nuclear Power ◽  
Nuclear Power Plant Accident ◽  
Nuclear Disaster ◽  
Disaster Experience

Issues in Radiation Nursing Education in Japan Before and After the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant Accident

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-5
Author(s):  
Teruko Horiuchi ◽  
Chieri Yamada ◽  
Misako Kinoshita ◽  
Nobuaki Moriyama ◽  
Seiji Yasumura
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Education ◽  
Power Plant ◽  
Nuclear Power Plant ◽  
Nuclear Power ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Nuclear Power Plant Accident ◽  
Nuclear Disaster ◽  
Disaster Experience ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Fukushima Daiichi

Abstract Background: The response of nurses in Japan to the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant accident was deemed inadequate. This study examined the issues in Japanese radiation nursing education. Method: Anonymous, self-administered postal questionnaires were sent to managers and teachers of 1053 basic nursing educational institutions in Japan. Results: Among the 342 institutions that completed the questionnaire, 218 (63.7%) had incorporated Radiological Nursing Education into their curriculum while 124 (36.3%) had not. Based on the time of their incorporation, they were divided into the pre-accident incorporation group and the post-accident incorporation groups. For 89 of 111 institutions (85.6%) in the former group, the main reason for the incorporation was radiotherapy care. For 11 of 26 institutions (42.3%) in the latter group, the incorporation was their response to the nuclear disaster. Conclusion: Nursing education in Japan has been inadequate, and as such, nurses find it hard to respond to nuclear disasters. Examining the current nursing education system and building a new model based on the nuclear disaster experience are urgent issues.

scholarly journals The role of folate metabolism genome in the formation of triiodothyronine in children living in areas affected by the Chernobyl nuclear power plant accident

2019 ◽  
Vol 24 ◽  
pp. 197-201
Author(s):  
Yu. I. Bandazhevsky ◽  
N. F. Dubovaya
Keyword(s):  
Power Plant ◽  
Nuclear Power Plant ◽  
Nuclear Power ◽  
Risk Allele ◽  
Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant ◽  
Folate Metabolism ◽  
Methionine Synthase ◽  
Blood Levels ◽  
Nuclear Power Plant Accident

Aim. Aim of this study was to determine the role of the genome of folate metabolism in the formation of triiodothyronine in children living in areas affected by the Chernobyl nuclear power plant accident. Methods. Immunochemical, mathematical and statistical. Results. The proportion of cases of elevated blood levels of triiodothyronine is statistically significantly higher in the group of children who are carriers of the G risk allele of the MTR:А2756G genetic polymorphism associated with the В12-dependent methionine synthase enzyme than in the group of children who have no this allele (MTR:2756 A/A genotype). The formation of triiodothyronine is associated with the metabolic conversion of homocysteine involving vitamin В6 as a cofactor of cystathionine β-synthase. Conclusions. The cause of thyrotoxic effects with damage to the cardiovascular system may lie in high levels of homocysteine occurring due to impaired functioning of В12-dependent methionine synthase. Keywords: folate metabolism, triiodothyronine, genetic polymorphisms, radiation-contaminated areas.

Role of filamentous fungi in migration of radioactive cesium in the Fukushima forest soil environment

2019 ◽  
Vol 21 (7) ◽  
pp. 1164-1173 ◽  
Author(s):  
Toshihiko Ohnuki ◽  
Fuminori Sakamoto ◽  
Naofumi Kozai ◽  
Kenji Nanba ◽  
Hitoshi Neda ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Power Plant ◽  
Nuclear Power Plant ◽  
Forest Soil ◽  
Filamentous Fungi ◽  
Nuclear Power ◽  
Forest Ecosystems ◽  
Radioactive Cesium ◽  
Soil Environment ◽  
Nuclear Power Plant Accident

The fate of radioactive Cs deposited after the Fukushima nuclear power plant accident and its associated radiological impacts are largely dependent on its mobility from surface soils to forest ecosystems.

scholarly journals Zmiana sposobu postrzegania bezpieczeństwa państwa i jego obywateli w świecie społeczeństwa sieciowego

1970 ◽  
Vol 40 ◽  
pp. 69-86
Author(s):  
Agnieszka Pietrzak ◽  
Grzegorz Abgarowicz ◽  
Piotr Matczak
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Power Plant ◽  
Nuclear Power Plant ◽  
Free Speech ◽  
Nuclear Power ◽  
Nuclear Power Plant Accident ◽  
The Media ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Crisis Situations

In the paper, the possibilities and conditions of restriction imposed on the free speech principle, in crisis situations, are discussed. Particularly, the impact of the new social media is presented, on possibilities to manage and control information. Firstly, the tension is discussed between civil liberties-, and free speech, and the rights to suspend the liberties on the basis of ensuring national or public security. The contradiction between the freedom and security principles is emphasized. Secondly, the issue of mass behavioural control is presented and the role of crisis management agencies, in the panic situations, when informational uncertainties lead to unstable, contagious behaviour. Thirdly, the role of the media is analyzed and the emergence of the new social media, which has influenced significantly informing during crisis situations. Fourthly, case studies are examined: the Fukushima nuclear power plant accident, Japan, when the media played a major role, and the Chernobyl nuclear power plant accident and Wrocław smallpox epidemic. In the latter cases the information flowwas highly controlled and the public was not openly instructed. Finally, conclusions are proposed.

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