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Sakoda, Akihiro; Nomura, Naoki*; Kuroda, Yujiro*; Kono, Takahiko; Naito, Wataru*; Yoshida, Hiroko*
Journal of Radiological Protection, 41(4), p.1258 - 1287, 2021/12
Times Cited Count：1 Percentile：20.64(Environmental Sciences)Following the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant accident, many radiation experts directly experienced a vast gap between ideal and real public understanding (PU) of radiation in risk communication. Therefore, this study collated and reviewed information about PU activities for radiation and its risk that six Japanese academic societies - which seemed to be socially neutral expert communities - related to radiation and radiation risk conducted before and after the accident. Activities these radiation-related societies provided to general public were discussed from the following perspectives: (1) difficulties in two-way communication due to resources, motivation, public interest and concerns; (2) balance between academic research and PU activities; (3) academic societies' building trust with the public whilst ensuring member experts' neutrality and independence; (4) discussions among academic societies to prepare for public engagement. We hope that this paper encourages experts and academic societies in radiation protection to hold more national and international discussions about their roles in public communication and outreach.
Yoshida, Hiroko*; Kuroda, Yujiro*; Kono, Takahiko; Naito, Wataru*; Sakoda, Akihiro
Journal of Radiation Protection and Research, 46(3), p.134 - 142, 2021/09
The Japan Health Physics Society established a task group on "Public Understanding after the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant Accident" in the 2018-2019 fiscal year. This task group collected and analyzed various activities that had been made for promotion of public understanding since the Fukushima accident, and then discussed some issues such as expert's roles. This paper outlines a panel session for this task group held at the 53rd Annual Meeting of the Japanese Health Physics Society (Online). This session consisted of (1) reporting what the task group achieved, (2) having comments by two designated experts in the fields of sociology and ethics, (3) making a panel discussion with three representatives from the task group and the two designated speakers, and (4) summarizing this session by a rapporteur.
Kim, M.; Malins, A.; Machida, Masahiko; Yoshimura, Kazuya; Saito, Kimiaki; Yoshida, Hiroko*; Yanagi, Hideaki*; Yoshida, Toru*; Hasegawa, Yukihiro*
RIST News, (67), p.3 - 15, 2021/09
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Yoshida, Hiroko*; Kuroda, Yujiro*; Kono, Takahiko; Naito, Wataru*; Sakoda, Akihiro
Hoken Butsuri (Internet), 55(4), p.257 - 263, 2020/12
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Naito, Wataru*; Uesaka, Motoki*; Kuroda, Yujiro*; Kono, Takahiko; Sakoda, Akihiro; Yoshida, Hiroko*
Radioprotection, 55(4), p.297 - 307, 2020/10
Times Cited Count：5 Percentile：83.31(Environmental Sciences)After the Fukushima nuclear accident in Japan, a number of practical activities related to public understanding (PU) of radiation risks were implemented inside and outside Fukushima Prefecture. The various noteworthy approaches and strategies behind those practical activities have not been organized and made explicit thus far. In this study, we have organized the noteworthy practical activities related to PU of radiation risks following the Fukushima nuclear accident, and discussed them mainly from the standpoints of communication strategies and approaches. As several examples demonstrate, efforts to contextualize and localize radiation risk in various forms were observed during post-accident recovery in Fukushima, and these efforts were confirmed, through actual experiences, to be an important component of effective PU activities of radiation risks. Community-based or citizen science approaches, such as having affected residents or citizens to measure radioactivity, have contributed to the PU of radiological situations, but some challenges, such as ethical aspects and the handling of uncertainty, have also been revealed. In the era of information and communications technology, a number of citizens, experts, and agencies have made social media a popular platform for disseminating radiation risk messages to the public and have demonstrated that social media can play an important role in providing radiological risk information. The knowledge and lessons learned from the practical activities discussed in this study can be useful in enhancing PU of risks not only radiation but also other stressors such as toxic chemicals, preparing future disasters and supporting risk communication plans during recovery periods after disasters.
Mori, Airi; Takahara, Shogo; Yoshida, Hiroko*; Sanada, Yukihisa; Munakata, Masahiro
Health Physics, 117(6), p.606 - 617, 2019/12
Times Cited Count：1 Percentile：14.02(Environmental Sciences)Miyamura, Hiroko; Hu, H.-Y.*; Yoshida, Masahiro*; Ozahata, Satoshi*; Nakao, Akihiro*; Takahashi, Shigeo*
Shingaku Giho, 112(463), p.577 - 582, 2013/03
This report presents a method for visualizing scale-free networks including Overlay networks as an typical example. Visualizing large-scale and complicated networks such as social networks has recently been very popular while conventional network visualization techniques cannot allow us to understand the topological structure of the scale-free networks. This is because the vertex degrees vary at an exponential rate in the scale-free network and thus special attention should be given when visualizing the network connectivity and analyzing the network traffic there. In this report, we employ the hierarchical representation of the scale-free network by referring to their vertex degrees and autonomous system relationships, so that we can clearly visualize the topological structure of the network in 3D space and retrieve the traffic paths over the network.
Miyamura, Hiroko; Yoshida, Masahiro*; Ozahata, Satoshi*; Takahashi, Shigeo*; Nakao, Akihiro*; Kawashima, Konosuke*
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We propose a multilevel graph layout technique for visualizing large scale network datasets. Large-scale datasets are said to be difficult to analyze and visualize. However, with our technique, the datasets can be displayed in multistep. For instance the outline of network dataset is shown first, and when focused on a certain region, the detailed information is shown as well. By using this technique, users can observe a large scale dataset from the outline to the detail seamlessly, and therefore this is valuable for the structural analysis of network datasets.
Takahashi, Fumiaki; Ishimori, Yuu; Inagaki, Masayo*; Omori, Yasutaka*; Sanada, Tetsuya*; Sugino, Masato*; Furukawa, Masahide*; Hosoda, Masahiro*; Manabe, Kentaro; Yajima, Kazuaki*; et al.
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The Japan Health Physics Society (JHPS) established a committee on dose assessments of Japanese population in August, 2015. The committee consists of 12 members (researchers and technicians) who are engaged in natural radiation measurements, radiation monitoring, radiation dose assessment and so on. Discussion have been made on dose assessments for daily life exposure in Japan. At the first meeting, stragedy of the committee was discussed and terrestrial radiation, cosmic radiation. Radon and radioactivity in food were defined as the radiological source to be investigated. It was also decided that the committee also would investigate influential factors (e.g., dose assessment model, daily life pattern) on radiation dose assessments. In addition, the committee has a plan to make discussions how JHPS should undertake this issue in future. At the 49th Annual meeting of JHPS, the committee members report their activities and make discussions on radiation dose assessment of Japanese population with the participants to the meeting.
Yamamori, Ryo*; Kobayashi, Hikaru*; Honta, Shohei*; Yoshino, Hiroshi*; Nozaki, Atsuo*; Ichijo, Yusuke*; Yoshida, Hiroko*; Furuta, Takuya
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Understanding radiation field is important to predict radiation dose rate in newly constructing buildings in an area widely contaminated by radioactive nuclei. Radiation dose rate at the site is not sufficient, and directional spectra of the radiations are important to consider the shielding effect of the building. Radiation directional spectra can be measured by scintillator partially shielded by lead collimators but the angle of view highly depends on the combination of the scintillator and the collimators. We adopts a method to measure the directional spectra by adopting 3 inch scintillator with placing a plate of lead collimator in front of the scintillator and subtract the values from the spectra measured without lead collimator. We simulates the optimal size of the lead collimator and found that the 15 cm diameter plate placing at 3 cm from the scintillator is the best for our purpose, 90 degree angle of view.
-ray directional radiation dose detector with good efficiency for field surveyYamamori, Ryo*; Kobayashi, Hikaru*; Honta, Shohei*; Yoshino, Hiroshi*; Nozaki, Atsuo*; Ichijo, Yusuke*; Hijikata, Yoshio*; Yoshida, Hiroko*; Furuta, Takuya
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Understanding radiation field is important to predict radiation dose rate in newly constructing buildings in an area widely contaminated by radioactive nuclei. Directional spectra of the radiations are important to consider the shielding effect of the building. We adopts a method to measure the directional spectra by adopting a plate of lead collimator in front of the scintillator and subtract the values from the spectra measured without lead collimator. We investigated a possible weight saving detection system having sufficient detection efficiency. The investigation was carried out for the condition of the collimator radius (
= 10, 15, 20 cm) and the distance between collimator and detector (
= 1, 3, 5 cm). We found that three combinations satisfied the 90
field view and the detection efficiency became better with larger collimator radius. On the other hand, larger collimator radius indicate heavier detection system. Therefore, we developed an optimum detection system for field survey with the 15 cm diameter plate (10kg), the scintillator (3.4kg), and the folder (1.0kg).
Takemiya, Hiroshi; Saito, Kimiaki; Yoshida, Hiroko*
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Takemiya, Hiroshi; Saito, Kimiaki; Yoshida, Hiroko*
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Walk survey and Car survey has been carried out to measure the air dose rates on the berm as well as on the driving lane between Hirono and Minami-Soma interchanges of the Joban Expressway. Spatial distribution and temporal change of the air dose rate are reported.
Yoshida, Hiroko*; Shinohara, Naohide*; Manabe, Kentaro; Higaki, Shogo*
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Yoshida, Hiroko*; Yasuda, Hiroshi*; Takahashi, Fumiaki; Dobashi, Ryuta*; Hattori, Takatoshi*
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The Japan Health Physics Society (JHPS) is a member of the International Radiation Protection Association (IRPA). Many researchers and technicians of radiation protection join JHPS in Japan. The international affairs committee in JHPS holds a session to introduce recent trends and information about radiation protection over the world in annual meeting. In the 51st Meeting, Dr. Yoshida (Tohoku Univ.) will talk about the recent activities of task groups in IRPA. Dr. Yasuda will explain radiation protection in aviation given by ICRP Publication 132. Dr. Dobashi will introduce recent discussions on the safety standards by IAEA. Takahashi (JAEA) will explain Occupational Intakes of Radionuclides (OIR) given by ICRP Publications 130, 134 and 137.
Yoshida, Hiroko*; Shinohara, Naohide*; Manabe, Kentaro
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Takemiya, Hiroshi; Saito, Kimiaki; Yoshida, Hiroko*
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Airdose rates along between Hirono and Minami-Soma Interchanges of the Joban Expressway has been measured since the resume of the expressway. The paper describes the spatial and temporal distribution of air dose rates of the expressway.
Kono, Takahiko; Hattori, Takatoshi*; Yokoyama, Sumi*; Nakano, Hironori*; Sato, Noriko*; Kudo, Hiromi*; Nomura, Naoki*; Sakoda, Akihiro; Naito, Wataru*; Kuroda, Yujiro*; et al.
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Sakoda, Akihiro; Nomura, Naoki*; Naito, Wataru*; Kono, Takahiko; Kuroda, Yujiro*; Yoshida, Hiroko*
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Kim, M.; Malins, A.; Machida, Masahiko; Yoshimura, Kazuya; Yoshida, Hiroko*; Saito, Kimiaki
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