UN radiation report finds Fukushima caused no additional cancer risk
Posted : 2021-03-09 20:49
Updated : 2021-03-09 21:49
This picture, taken on Feb. 27, 2021, shows the abandoned building of the old Fukushima First Bible Baptist Church inside the exclusion zone in Tomioka, Fukushima Prefecture ― an area declared a no-go zone after the 2011 nuclear disaster. AFP-Yonhap
The nuclear disaster at the Fukushima power plant in Japan has not left any statistically detectable damage on the population, according to a new report by the United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation (UNSCEAR).
The nuclear radiation from the accident has not increased the risk for cancer beyond normal, according to the report which was published on Tuesday, ahead of the ten-year anniversary of the catastrophe.
UN experts find no harmful effects from Fukushima nuclear disaster
Researchers found that the 2011 nuclear catastrophe had not harmed the health of local residents or increased the risk of cancer, according to a new report.
An earthquake and the ensuing tsunami caused the 2011 Fukushima disaster
10 years ago, according to UN report published on Monday. The series of meltdowns and explosions, prompted by a 2011 earthquake and a subsequent tsunami, is considered the world s worst nuclear disaster since Chernobyl in 1986.
The nuclear radiation from the Japan accident has not increased the risk for cancer beyond normal, said the United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation (UNSCEAR).
Researchers found that the 2011 nuclear catastrophe had not harmed the health of local residents or increased the risk of cancer, according to a new report.