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After the accident at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, artificial radionuclides such as radioactive cesium and iodine were released into the environment. It caused great anxiety not only in the vicinity of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant but also in other regions of the world. Some members of the Japan Health Physics Society (JHPS), a leading academic society in Japan in the field of radiation protection, volunteered to establish a website called “Question and Answer (Q&A) about radiation in daily life” shortly after the accident to help reduce the residents’ anxiety about the health effects of radiation. In August 2011, “Committee for Q&A about radiation in daily life” was established in JHPS, making the website-related activities a responsibility of JHPS. The Q&A website continued to respond to the questions from the general public with expertise and sincerity until February 2013 when the Committee members decided to end the activities because the number of questions received had gradually decreased with the passage of time. This paper aims to introduce the following: the activities of the Q&A website during the two years (2011–2013), the stance chosen for the activities, the information related to the website activities and the analysis of Twitter data. Building on the experience and the knowledge obtained from the activities, it also discusses issues and experiences that can be utilized in the initial response to emergencies for radiation protection experts as well as those in other fields.

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ABSTRACT
Introduction
Stance and Background of the Radiation Q&A for Daily Life Website
1. Stance
2. Procedure for Responding to the Q&A website
Actual Situation of Q&A
1. The Questioners
2. Situation of the Respondents
3. The Number of Questions and the Characteristics of Questioners
4. Characteristics of the Questions
5. Analysis and Discussion of the Questions
Response on Twitter
1. Compilation of Responses on Twitter
2. Analysis and Discussion
Issues Raised through These Activities
Future Direction
Conflict of Interest
Acknowledgements
Author Contribution
References

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저자

• Takahiko Kono [ Sector of Fukushima Research and Development, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Iwaki-shi, Fukushima, Japan ] Corresponding Author
• Masato Tanaka [ Former Young Engineers Support Committee; Institution of Professional Engineers, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan ]
• Hitomi Tanaka [ Former Young Engineers Support Committee; Institution of Professional Engineers, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan ]
• Michikuni Shimo [ Fujita Health University Visiting Professor, Toyotake-shi, Aichi, Japan ]
• Hiroyuki A. Torii [ School of Science, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan ]
• Kazuko Uno [ Louis Pasteur Center for Medical Research, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto, Japan ]

참고문헌

발행기관

간행물

표지보기 관심저널 등록

• 간행물명

  방사선방어학회지 [Journal of Radiation Protection and Research]

• 간기

  계간

• pISSN

  2508-1888

• 수록기간

  1976~2026

• 등재여부

  KCI 등재,SCOPUS

• 십진분류

  KDC 559 DDC 629