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NRC Response Team
• Based at U.S. Embassy in Tokyo
• Colleagues from DOE, FDA, Military
• Reactor Safety Team
• Protective Measures Team
Goals
• Assist the Japanese Government with incident response
• Assist the American Ambassador with protection of U.S. citizens living in or visiting Japan
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Process
• Daily meetings with Japanese Government counterparts
• Daily interactions with other U.S. Agencies and INPO
• Americans advised to evacuate to 50 miles (80 km)
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Integrated Dose 1 Year
• Site ~400 mSv (40 rem)
• 20-30 km ~200 mSv (20 rem)
• Beyond 40 km ~20 mSv (2 rem)
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Food and Water Supply Safety
• Reviewed Japanese protocols• Resources and technical capability to
identify and quarantine contaminated food and water
• Contamination standards based on the same target doses as FDA
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Food and Water Supply (cont.)
• Consistent with international guidelines
• Up-to-date radiological risk data
• Applies conservative (protective) assumptions
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Food Testing
• Each food category is tested by Prefecture
• If guidance levels exceeded, distribution blocked in affected prefecture
• Must pass 3 consecutive tests to allow back into market
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Water
• Stopped using rainwater as drinking water source
• Early positive test required restrictions
• No issues with water supply since May 10, 2011
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Seafood
• Fishing not allowed in Fukushima waters within 20 km
• Fishing vessels have loads surveyed at docks
• Weekly samples of 2-3 species in each ocean layer
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The Road to Sendai
• Tohoku Expressway and Shinkansen Railway (bullet train) pass through the 50 mile evacuation zone
• Tests performed by U.S. and Japanese governments
• Open for travel
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