柏崎刈羽原子力発電所の地震被災時の報道に見る放射線教育の必要性
Necessity of Radiation Education Suggested from Press Report during Earthquake Damage ofKashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Station
著者:
濱本 和子 Kazuko HAMAMOTO 奈良林 直 Tadashi NARABAYASHI 伊丹 俊夫 Toshio ITAMI 小林 正英 Masahide KOBAYASHI 秋月 輝男 Teruo AKIZUKI 大西 英俊 Hidetoshi ONISHI
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Nuclear EngineeringNuclear Power GenerationNuclear ReactorRadiation EducationSafety Engineering
概要
Although Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Station was affected by Chuetsu-Oki Earthquake, the important components in the reactor building were hardly damaged, and fundamental nuclear safety was ensured. However, as the mass communication media reported the pictures o f the black smoke of fire accident of the transformer, sloshing of the pool, etc. without declaration of “Safety“ by the Central Government or sufficient explanation, the habitants on the site and the Japan's people were put into anxiety and thus, harmful rumor was spread. The people obtain the information from the mass communication media, and they believed all the repo rts of the mass media. Behind it, there is a fundamental knowledge among them that Radiation = “dangerous“, “bad for health“ and “awful“ = Nuclear Power Generation. This knowledge has been fixed more firmly due to the report of the earthquake damage. In order to escape from this deep-rooted scheme, it is necessary to spread the correct knowledge on the radiation. At this time, the Official Curriculum Guidelines for Junior High School are revised, and the radiation education is started for the first time in 30 years. We analyzed and evaluated the results of the survey performed by Radiation Education Forum, and, simultaneously, we considered the necessity of the radiation education judging from the reports of the mass communication media.
