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English STI/PUB/1710 ¦ 978-92-0-107015-9
1254 pages ¦ 311 figures ¦ € 60.00 ¦ Date published: 2015
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Technical Volume 5, Page 100
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The Fukushima Daiichi Accident consists of a Report by the IAEA Director General and five technical volumes. It is the result of an extensive international collaborative effort involving five working groups with about 180 experts from 42 Member States with and without nuclear power programmes and several international bodies. It provides a description of the accident and its causes, evolution and consequences, based on the evaluation of data and information from a large number of sources available at the time of writing. The Fukushima Daiichi Accident will be of use to national authorities, international organizations, nuclear regulatory bodies, nuclear power plant operating organizations, designers of nuclear facilities and other experts in matters relating to nuclear power, as well as the wider public. The set contains six printed parts and five supplementary CD-ROMs. Contents: Report by the Director General; Technical Volume 1/5, Description and Context of the Accident; Technical Volume 2/5, Safety Assessment; Technical Volume 3/5, Emergency Preparedness and Response; Technical Volume 4/5, Radiological Consequences; Technical Volume 5/5, Post-accident Recovery; Annexes. The Report by the Director General is also available separately in Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian, Spanish and Japanese and is available from the languages link below.
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Keywords
Accident Response, Emergency Preparedness and Response, Nuclear Safety, Safety Assessment, Radiological Consequences, Post-Accident Recovery, Nuclear Accident, Accident Management, Fukushima Accident Data, Member States, Reactor Accidents, Remedial Action, Risk Assessment, Tsunami, Japan, East Coast
The Fukushima Daiichi Accident
Technical Volume 1/5
Copyright/Editorial note PDF 100 KB
Annex I: Unit 1 sequence of events PDF 734 KB
Annex II: Unit 2 sequece of events PDF 707 KB
Annex III: Unit 3 sequence of events PDF 734 KB
Abbreviations PDF 95 KB
IAEA Publications PDF 12.44 MB
Technical Volume 1/5
Description and Context of the Accident
Download PDF 7.93 MB
EPUB 21.01 MB
The Fukushima Daiichi Accident
Technical Volume 2/5
Copyright/Editorial note PDF 100 KB
Annex I: Unit 1 sequence of events PDF 734 KB
Annex II: Unit 2 sequece of events PDF 707 KB
Annex III: Unit 3 sequence of events PDF 734 KB
Abbreviations PDF 95 KB
IAEA Publications PDF 12.44 MB
Copyright/Editorial note PDF 100 KB
Annex I: Historical development of the governmental, legal and regulatory framework for nuclear safety in Japan PDF 182 KB
Annex II: Aspects related to the human and organizational factors of the accident PDF 350 KB
Annex III: Detailed description of relevant operating experience PDF 116 KB
Abbreviations PDF 55 KB
IAEA Publications PDF 12.44 MB
The Fukushima Daiichi Accident
Technical Volume 3/5
Copyright/Editorial note PDF 100 KB
Annex I: Unit 1 sequence of events PDF 734 KB
Annex II: Unit 2 sequece of events PDF 707 KB
Annex III: Unit 3 sequence of events PDF 734 KB
Abbreviations PDF 95 KB
IAEA Publications PDF 12.44 MB
Copyright/Editorial note PDF 100 KB
Annex I: Historical development of the governmental, legal and regulatory framework for nuclear safety in Japan PDF 182 KB
Annex II: Aspects related to the human and organizational factors of the accident PDF 350 KB
Annex III: Detailed description of relevant operating experience PDF 116 KB
Abbreviations PDF 55 KB
IAEA Publications PDF 12.44 MB
Copyright/Editorial note PDF 100 KB
Annex I: Provisional English translation by the IAEA of notification faxes sent by the Fukushima Daiichi NPP Site Superintendent to off-site officials on 11 March 2011 PDF 1.44 MB
Annex II: ICRP message issued 21 March 2011 PDF 217 KB
IAEA publications PDF 12.44 MB
The Fukushima Daiichi Accident
Technical Volume 4/5
Copyright/Editorial note PDF 100 KB
Annex I: Unit 1 sequence of events PDF 734 KB
Annex II: Unit 2 sequece of events PDF 707 KB
Annex III: Unit 3 sequence of events PDF 734 KB
Abbreviations PDF 95 KB
IAEA Publications PDF 12.44 MB
Copyright/Editorial note PDF 100 KB
Annex I: Historical development of the governmental, legal and regulatory framework for nuclear safety in Japan PDF 182 KB
Annex II: Aspects related to the human and organizational factors of the accident PDF 350 KB
Annex III: Detailed description of relevant operating experience PDF 116 KB
Abbreviations PDF 55 KB
IAEA Publications PDF 12.44 MB
Copyright/Editorial note PDF 100 KB
Annex I: Provisional English translation by the IAEA of notification faxes sent by the Fukushima Daiichi NPP Site Superintendent to off-site officials on 11 March 2011 PDF 1.44 MB
Annex II: ICRP message issued 21 March 2011 PDF 217 KB
IAEA publications PDF 12.44 MB
Copyright/Editorial note PDF 100 KB
Annex I: Characteristics and measurement of radioactivity and radiation levels PDF 572 KB
Annex II: Local and regional meteorological conditions in East Japan during 11–23 March 2011 PDF 1.59 MB
Annex III: Levels of radioactivity in the terrestrial environment PDF 1.88 MB
Annex IV: Radioactivity in the marine environment arising from releases following the Fukushima Daiichi accident PDF 1.43 MB
Annex V: UNSCEAR assessment of the dose to the public PDF 220 KB
Annex VI: Information on measurement studies investigated in the production of Technical Volume 4 PDF 170 KB
Annex VII: Analysis of thyroid measurements of children conducted in Fukushima Prefecture, 26–30 March 2011 PDF 840 KB
Annex VIII: Conventions, recommendations, safety standards, laws and regulations PDF 410 KB
Annex IX: Introduction to radiation effects on the thyroid PDF 467 KB
Annex X: Radiation and health effects and inferring radiation risks from the Fukushima Daiichi accident PDF 1.11 MB
Annex XI: Risk assessments for workers and the population following the Chernobyl accident PDF 288 KB
Annex XII: Calculations used in the assessment of doses to non-human biota PDF 326 KB
Abbreviations PDF 400 KB
IAEA publications PDF 12.44 MB
The Fukushima Daiichi Accident
Technical Volume 5/5
Copyright/Editorial note PDF 100 KB
Annex I: Unit 1 sequence of events PDF 734 KB
Annex II: Unit 2 sequece of events PDF 707 KB
Annex III: Unit 3 sequence of events PDF 734 KB
Abbreviations PDF 95 KB
IAEA Publications PDF 12.44 MB
Copyright/Editorial note PDF 100 KB
Annex I: Historical development of the governmental, legal and regulatory framework for nuclear safety in Japan PDF 182 KB
Annex II: Aspects related to the human and organizational factors of the accident PDF 350 KB
Annex III: Detailed description of relevant operating experience PDF 116 KB
Abbreviations PDF 55 KB
IAEA Publications PDF 12.44 MB
Copyright/Editorial note PDF 100 KB
Annex I: Provisional English translation by the IAEA of notification faxes sent by the Fukushima Daiichi NPP Site Superintendent to off-site officials on 11 March 2011 PDF 1.44 MB
Annex II: ICRP message issued 21 March 2011 PDF 217 KB
IAEA publications PDF 12.44 MB
Copyright/Editorial note PDF 100 KB
Annex I: Characteristics and measurement of radioactivity and radiation levels PDF 572 KB
Annex II: Local and regional meteorological conditions in East Japan during 11–23 March 2011 PDF 1.59 MB
Annex III: Levels of radioactivity in the terrestrial environment PDF 1.88 MB
Annex IV: Radioactivity in the marine environment arising from releases following the Fukushima Daiichi accident PDF 1.43 MB
Annex V: UNSCEAR assessment of the dose to the public PDF 220 KB
Annex VI: Information on measurement studies investigated in the production of Technical Volume 4 PDF 170 KB
Annex VII: Analysis of thyroid measurements of children conducted in Fukushima Prefecture, 26–30 March 2011 PDF 840 KB
Annex VIII: Conventions, recommendations, safety standards, laws and regulations PDF 410 KB
Annex IX: Introduction to radiation effects on the thyroid PDF 467 KB
Annex X: Radiation and health effects and inferring radiation risks from the Fukushima Daiichi accident PDF 1.11 MB
Annex XI: Risk assessments for workers and the population following the Chernobyl accident PDF 288 KB
Annex XII: Calculations used in the assessment of doses to non-human biota PDF 326 KB
Abbreviations PDF 400 KB
IAEA publications PDF 12.44 MB
Copyright/Editorial note PDF 100 KB
Annex I: Evolution of reference levels for remediation and development of a framework for post-accident recovery PDF 206 KB
Annex II: International best practice basis for assessing recovery operations PDF 255 KB
Annex III: Outline of the Guidelines on the Scope of Nuclear Damage PDF 216 KB
Annex IV: Comparative analysis of remediation strategies and experience after the Fukushima Daiichi and Chernobyl nuclear accidents PDF 162 KB
Abbreviations PDF 9 KB
IAEA Publications PDF 12.44 MB
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