We have compiled the materials below on radiation exposure in Japan, particularly that resulting from the activities of the nuclear industry. Research into radiation illness in Japan has been of immense significance. Initially research focused mainly on radiation illnesses caused by the atomic bombing of Japan in World War II, however the adverse health effects of radiation on nuclear workers is gradually gaining recognition too.
See our Data page for links to annual worker radiation exposure figures.
See our JCO Criticality Accident page for detailed information on the worst case of radiation exposure in the history of Japan's nuclear industry.
Lax radiation dose calculations continue at Fukushima Nuclear Power Station (NIT 143, July/Aug. 2011)
25 Years after the Chernobyl Nuclear Accident : Welcoming to Japan a guest who still lives within the highly polluted region (NIT142, May/June 2011)
Epidemiological Study of Workers at Nuclear Power Generating Facilities: 4th Period FY2005 to FY2009 (NIT 141, March/April 2011)
Ryusuke Umeda's Worker's Compensation Claim Rejected (NIT 139, Nov./Dec. 2010)
Workers' Radiation Exposure Data for FY2009 (NIT 138 Sep./Aug. 2010)
Ryusuke Umeda Lodges Historic Workers' Compensation Claim (NIT 135 March/April 2010)
Workers' Radiation Exposure Data for FY2008 (NIT 132 September/October 2009)
Certification of Sufferers of Atomic Bomb-Related Diseases (NIT 131 July/Aug. 2009)
Worker Radiation Exposure at Rokkasho Reprocessing Plant (NIT 131 July/Aug. 2009)
Multiple Myeloma and Malignant Lymphoma on Workers' Compo List (NIT 131 July/Aug. 2009)
Nagao vs. TEPCO: Tokyo High Court Upholds Unjust Verdict (NIT 130 May/June 2009)
Kiyuna and Nagao Worker Exposure Compensation Claims (NIT 127 Nov./Dec. 2008)
Worker Exposure Data for 2007 and the Workers' Compensation Case of the Late Tadashi Kiyuna (NIT 126 Sep./Oct. 2008)
Nagao versus TEPCO: Unjust Verdict (NIT 125, July/Aug. 2008)
Situation of Japanese Nuclear Workers (NIT 121 Nov./Dec. 2007)
Worker Exposure Data for 2006 and the Workers' Compensation Case of the Late Tadashi Kiyuna (NIT 120 Sep./Oct. 2007)
Workers' Radiation Exposure at Japan's Nuclear Facilities: data for April 2005 - March 2006 (NIT 114, Sep./Oct. 2004)
Promoting Food Irradiation Without First Verifying its Safety (NIT 114, Sep./Oct. 2004)
Exposure to Radiation During Regular Operations of Rokkasho Reprocessing Plant (NIT 114, Sep./Oct. 2004)
Active Tests at the Rokkasho Reprocessing Plant includes report on internal exposure to plutonium (NIT 113, July/Aug. 2006)
Project to measure radioactivity released from Rokkasho (NIT March/April 2006)
Chernobyl 20th Anniversary in Japan (NIT March/April 2006)
Management of cosmic ray exposure to aircraft crew (NIT 109 Nov./Dec. 2005)
Workers' radiation exposure at Japan's nuclear power plants: data for the 2004 fiscal year (NIT 108 Sep./Oct. 2005)
Workers' radiation exposure at Japan's nuclear facilities: data for the 2003 fiscal year (NIT 103 Nov./Dec. 2004)
Multiple Myeloma Workers' Compensation Case (NIT99 March/April 2004)
Workers' Radiation Exposure from Replacing Reactor Core Shroud and Recirculation Pump (NIT96 July/Aug. 2003)
Workers' radiation exposure at Japan's nuclear power plants: data for the 2002 fiscal year (NIT 96 July/Aug. 2003)
Interim Storage Facility (NIT95 May/June 2003)
Workers' radiation exposure at Japan's nuclear power plants: data for the 2001 fiscal year (NIT 91 Sep./Oct. 2003)
See also back issues of our bi-monthly publication, Nuke Info Tokyo, for more materials.
