Worldwide status and issue of nuclear safety against pandemic

Kobayashi, Tetsuro*; Takata, Takashi; Narumiya, Yoshiyuki*; Iida, Susumu*

Nihon Genshiryoku Gakkai-Shi ATOMO, 63(1), p.50 - 54, 2021/01

Since December 2019, the new coronavirus infectious disease COVID-19, which has occurred mainly in Wuhan City, Hubei Province, China, rapidly spread as a pandemic (a global pandemic of infectious diseases). And thus it affected financial and social issues extremely. In this paper, the current status and issues of non-medical measures in Japan and overseas are explained with regard to the safety of nuclear facilities against pandemics.