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A personal view on ICRP – with respect and expect
Kazuaki KATOH
September 25, 2014 |
Japan is one of the countries which have concerned with ICRP from the
time of birth, 1925.
Japan is indebted to ICRP very much to establish her System of Radiation
Protection, which was made actually at the time when it decided to commence
“Peaceful Utilization of Atomic Energy”, and since then efforts have been
continued to improve the performance of the system, mainly following the
time-change of the surrounding conditions, and they were made referring
recommendation issued from ICRP. So, the existence and activities of ICRP
influenced to Japanese society significantly, more or less positively and
negatively.
The validity of the system turned out insufficient when the nuclear accident
“1FND” occurred and we realized the necessity of reconstructing the system
fundamentally. “1FND” was caused by the inadequate and insufficient countermeasures
against rare frequent but gigantic natural disasters. System of radiation
protection (RP) was designed and maintained upon the so-called “Safety
Myth”, i.e. the belief “the nuke is always absolutely safe”.
Post “3.11”, “Danger Myth”, the source of radiophobia, is rampant widely
in Japan. Principle of “the less, the better” has been the basic philosophy
adopted by the government to designate the system of radiation protection,
and without doubt, it was influenced by the ALARA emphasized by ICRP.
Thus, the expels of these two myths are urgent necessity to the country.
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2014年12月12日に ICRPの科学書記クレメントさんと補佐の
浜田信行さん（IPUの1期生で “教え子”）に東京八重洲で
2時間お会いしたのですが、それに備えて9月に書いたものです。
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