Health Impacts Caused by the Fukushima Nuclear Disaster: A Case in Soso District - Abstract
The 2011 triple disaster in Fukushima, Japan- an earthquake, tsunamis, and a nuclear power plant- was a huge public health challenge in the affected area. The health impact caused by the disaster was not limited to that by radiation. Here in a case of So so district, Fukushima is presented to articulate the complexity of the health issues after a nuclear accident. Health issues include settlement of evacuation zones, mass evacuation due to fear of radiation, prolonged displacement and in-house evacuation, shortage in hospital staff, and influx of workers whose health status is not good enough. Understanding these problems is essential to develop effective and practical disaster risk reduction plan in future nuclear disaster all over the world.