Activities of Committee on Dose Assessments of Japanese Population

Takahashi, Fumiaki  ; Ishimori, Yuu  ; Sanada, Tetsuya*; Furukawa, Masahide*; Yasuda, Hiroshi*

The Japan Health Physics Society (JHPS) launched Committee on Dose Assessments of Japanese Population, because public has interests on exposure that has been reported accompanying with monitoring data following the accident of Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant. The Committee has made discussion on exposure from natural radiation. Radiation data have been investigated terrestrial -rays, cosmic rays, radon and radioactive material in food, because these sources contribute to population in Japan. The model for radiation dose estimation is also the examination object in the Committee. A topics session for the Commission is held at the Congress of JHPS to make discussion on the population dose in Japan.