Introduction of AESJ Ethics Committee activities and issues

Oba, Kyoko  

The Atomic Energy Society of Japan (founded in 1959; AESJ) establishes the Code of Ethics and organized an ethics committee as a permanent committee in 2001. The mission and the purpose of the Ethics Committee activities permeate through the AESJ members for code of ethics. Members' sense of affiliation with AESJ is not as high as IPEJ. This paper introduce the significance, contents and issues of ethics activities at AESJ.