eprintid: 14295
rev_number: 14
eprint_status: archive
userid: 353
dir: disk0/00/01/42/95
datestamp: 2017-01-23 15:46:15
lastmod: 2021-08-27 17:28:28
status_changed: 2017-01-23 15:46:15
type: article
metadata_visibility: show
creators_name: Callen, J.
creators_name: Homma, T.
creators_id: 2122
title: Lessons Learned in Protection of the Public for the Accident at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant
ispublished: pub
divisions: prog_ene
keywords: Emergency preparedness; nuclear emergencies; public protection; public information
abstract: What insights can the accident at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant provide in the reality of decision making on actions to protect the public during a severe reactor and spent fuel pool emergency? In order to answer this question, and with the goal of limiting the consequences of any future emergencies at a nuclear power plant due to severe conditions, this article presents the main actions taken in response to the emergency in the form of a timeline. The focus of this paper are those insights concerning the progression of an accident due to severe conditions at a light water reactor nuclear power plant that must be understood in order to protect the public.
date: 2017-06
date_type: published
publisher: Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins
id_number: 10.1097/HP.0000000000000666
creators_browse_id: 2609
full_text_status: public
publication: Health Physics
volume: 112
number: 6
pagerange: 550-559
refereed: TRUE
issn: 0017-9078
coversheets_dirty: FALSE
fp7_project: no
fp7_type: info:eu-repo/semantics/article
citation:   Callen, J. <https://pure.iiasa.ac.at/view/iiasa/2609.html> & Homma, T.  (2017).  Lessons Learned in Protection of the Public for the Accident at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant.   Health Physics 112 (6) 550-559. 10.1097/HP.0000000000000666 <https://doi.org/10.1097/HP.0000000000000666>.       
document_url: https://pure.iiasa.ac.at/id/eprint/14295/1/Fukushima%20insights_HPS%20journal%20Jan%202017_final_with%20table1.pdf