Leading Research Committee
Name
Leading Research Committees, JSPS
“Radiation Effects and Crisis Communications”
Chairman:
Shunichi Yamashita
Vice-chairman:
Masako Bando
Advisor:
Ryuichi Shimizu
Objective
As we witnessed social unrest caused by Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant Accident in the wake of the Great East Japan Earthquake, we had to renew awareness regarding the confusion triggered by collided risk assessments. Against this backdrop, we make recommendations as to the measure to maintain undisturbed communication during a crisis and how to formulate it as a system
Activities
1st
subcommittee
Ohtsura Niwa“Collection, analysis and organization of information on the effect of radiation: an approach based on recent findings”
2nd
subcommittee
Kazuko Uno“Study on procedures for consensus building and information disclosure within a scientific community”
3rd
subcommittee
Kenichi Obori“Study on the information disclosure process under a crisis situation: targeted at radiation measurement results”
Participants
From academia: 19
From industries: 7 companies
DYNACOM Co., Ltd.
Chiyoda Technol Corporation
Hamamatsu Photonics K.K.
Hitachi Aloka Medical, Ltd. (Current company name: FUJIFILM Health Care Manufacturing)
Fuji Electric Co., Ltd.
HORIBA, Ltd.
Reference
Shunichi Yamashita
Report from the Leading Research Committee on “Effects of radiation and crisis communication”
(July 30th, 2016)
Shiro Tanaka and others
32 data you must know about radiation
(SOGENSHA Inc. Osaka, 2016)
Kazuko Uno
Science communication in the age of SNS
- Can we regain confidence in science
(Kyoto University Press, Kyoto, TBP)
