The SHAMISEN Project: Challenging historical recommendations for preparedness, response and surveillance of health and well-being in case of nuclear accidents: Lessons learnt from Chernobyl and Fukushima

Experience suggests that current nuclear accident response planning in European countries mostly has a technical focus, with less attention paid to social, psychological and ethical issues. Information provided tends to be directed towards decisions made by experts, rather than for the support of af...

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Authors: Ohba, Takashi; Liutsko, Liudmila; Schneider, Thierry; Barquinero, Joan Francesc; Crouaïl, Pascal; Fattibene, Paola; Kesminiene, Ausrele; Laurier, Dominique; Sarukhan, Adelaida; Skuterud, Lavrans; Tanigawa, Koichi; Tomkiv, Yevgeniya; Cardis, Elisabeth
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Publication date:2021
Country:España
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10230/53046
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2020.106200
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Keyword:Dose assessment
Evacuation
Health surveillance
Nuclear accidents
Physical and mental health
Recommendations
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description Experience suggests that current nuclear accident response planning in European countries mostly has a technical focus, with less attention paid to social, psychological and ethical issues. Information provided tends to be directed towards decisions made by experts, rather than for the support of affected populations. The SHAMISEN (Nuclear Emergency Situations - Improvement of Medical And Health Surveillance) consortium, composed of close to 50 experts from 10 countries, performed a critical review of current recommendations and experiences regarding dose assessment and reconstruction, evacuation decisions, long-term health surveillance programmes and epidemiological studies. The review included case studies and lessons drawn from the living conditions and health status of populations affected by the Chernobyl and Fukushima accidents, taking an integrative approach to health and well-being. Based on this work, SHAMISEN developed a series of comprehensive recommendations aimed at improving the preparedness, response, long-term surveillance and living conditions of populations affected by past or future radiation accidents, in a manner responding to their needs, while minimising unnecessary anxiety.
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spelling The SHAMISEN Project: Challenging historical recommendations for preparedness, response and surveillance of health and well-being in case of nuclear accidents: Lessons learnt from Chernobyl and Fukushima Ohba, Takashi Liutsko, Liudmila Schneider, Thierry Barquinero, Joan Francesc Crouaïl, Pascal Fattibene, Paola Kesminiene, Ausrele Laurier, Dominique Sarukhan, Adelaida Skuterud, Lavrans Tanigawa, Koichi Tomkiv, Yevgeniya Cardis, Elisabeth Dose assessment Evacuation Health surveillance Nuclear accidents Physical and mental health Recommendations Experience suggests that current nuclear accident response planning in European countries mostly has a technical focus, with less attention paid to social, psychological and ethical issues. Information provided tends to be directed towards decisions made by experts, rather than for the support of affected populations. The SHAMISEN (Nuclear Emergency Situations - Improvement of Medical And Health Surveillance) consortium, composed of close to 50 experts from 10 countries, performed a critical review of current recommendations and experiences regarding dose assessment and reconstruction, evacuation decisions, long-term health surveillance programmes and epidemiological studies. The review included case studies and lessons drawn from the living conditions and health status of populations affected by the Chernobyl and Fukushima accidents, taking an integrative approach to health and well-being. Based on this work, SHAMISEN developed a series of comprehensive recommendations aimed at improving the preparedness, response, long-term surveillance and living conditions of populations affected by past or future radiation accidents, in a manner responding to their needs, while minimising unnecessary anxiety. The SHAMISEN project was supported by the EURATOM (European Atomic Energy Community) programme of the European Commission in the framework of the OPERRA (Open Project for the European Radiation Research Area) project (FP7 grant agreement No. 604984). ISGlobal acknowledges support from the Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities through the “Centro de Excelencia Severo Ochoa 2019-2023” Program (CEX2018-000806-S), and support from the Generalitat de Catalunya through the CERCA Programme (http://cerca.cat/en/). NMBU acknowledges the support of the Research Council of Norway, Grant No. 263856. Elsevier http://hdl.handle.net/10230/53046 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2020.106200
spellingShingle The SHAMISEN Project: Challenging historical recommendations for preparedness, response and surveillance of health and well-being in case of nuclear accidents: Lessons learnt from Chernobyl and Fukushima
Ohba, Takashi
Dose assessment
Evacuation
Health surveillance
Nuclear accidents
Physical and mental health
Recommendations
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title The SHAMISEN Project: Challenging historical recommendations for preparedness, response and surveillance of health and well-being in case of nuclear accidents: Lessons learnt from Chernobyl and Fukushima
title_full The SHAMISEN Project: Challenging historical recommendations for preparedness, response and surveillance of health and well-being in case of nuclear accidents: Lessons learnt from Chernobyl and Fukushima
title_fullStr The SHAMISEN Project: Challenging historical recommendations for preparedness, response and surveillance of health and well-being in case of nuclear accidents: Lessons learnt from Chernobyl and Fukushima
title_full_unstemmed The SHAMISEN Project: Challenging historical recommendations for preparedness, response and surveillance of health and well-being in case of nuclear accidents: Lessons learnt from Chernobyl and Fukushima
title_short The SHAMISEN Project: Challenging historical recommendations for preparedness, response and surveillance of health and well-being in case of nuclear accidents: Lessons learnt from Chernobyl and Fukushima
title_sort The SHAMISEN Project: Challenging historical recommendations for preparedness, response and surveillance of health and well-being in case of nuclear accidents: Lessons learnt from Chernobyl and Fukushima
topic Dose assessment
Evacuation
Health surveillance
Nuclear accidents
Physical and mental health
Recommendations
topic_facet Dose assessment
Evacuation
Health surveillance
Nuclear accidents
Physical and mental health
Recommendations
url http://hdl.handle.net/10230/53046
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2020.106200