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1. COUNTRY REPORT OF JAPAN ON RAS/9/029 K. Fujimoto (NIRS)
M. Yoshizawa (JAERI)
T. Momose (JNC)
4. Exemption levels Radiation Council in 2002.
Nuclear Safety Commission in 2003.
Approved by the Cabinet on May 25, 2004.
Adaptation of exemption levels proposed by BSS may create new problems in inventory of sources that were classified to be not radioactive materials now.
5. Occupational Exposure Four personal dosimetry service companies
Glass dosimeters, luxel.
CALIBRATION
National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)
Primary standards
Secondary standards
Personal Dosimetry Association
Four personal dosimetry service companies
JAERI, JNC, NIRS
INTERNAL EXPOSURE
Direct or indirect methods
CENTRAL DOSE RECORD KEEPING
Radiation Effects Association
6. Radioactive waste management No permanent disposal site.
Temporary disposal site is also in hot debate.
No clearance level.
Under discussion in the Nuclear Safety Commission
Japan Nuclear Fuel Limited will accept some spent fuels from NPPs.
Japan Radioisotope Association and JAERI receive radioactive waste and store them in their premises.
7. Basic Law on Disaster CountermeasuresSpecial Law of Emergency Preparedness for Nuclear Disaster
Basic Disaster Plan, chapter 10: Nuclear disaster preparedness
Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology(MEXT)
The Central Disaster Council: The Cabinet Office
Nuclear Safety Commission
8. Nuclear Disaster Countermeasure Committeeat Tokyo Local Head Quarter
at the site
Emergency Advice Committee
(Nuclear Safety Commission)
at Tokyo
sending experts to the site
10. Education & Training Initial training & licensing
Regular training for radiation workers
No retraining to persons with comprehensive responsibilities in radiation protection at this moment.
11. Activities in 2003 and 2004 Final Project Review Meeting on “External Dosimetry Intercomparison”
March 15-19, 2004, Tokai by JNC and JAERI
Regional Training Course on “Medical Management for Radiation Accident”
March 1-5, 2004, Chiba by NIRS
12. Activities in 2004, 2005 and 2006 Training Workshop on Direct Methods for Measuring Radionuclides in the Human Body
February, 2005, Tokai by JAERI and JNC
Training Workshop on Sampling Method in Environmental Monitoring
October, 2005, Tokai by consolidation of JNC and JAERI
Workshop on Neutron Dosimetry Intercomparison
October, 2006, Tokai by consolidation of JNC and JAERI