Current situations and discussions in Japan in relation to the new occupational equivalent dose limit for the lens of the eye

Sumi Yokoyama; Nobuyuki Hamada; Toshiyuki Hayashida; Norio Tsujimura; Hideo Tatsuzaki; Tadahiro Kurosawa; Kuniaki Nabatame; Hiroyuki Ohguchi; Kazuko Ohno; Chiyo Yamauchi-Kawaura; Takeshi Iimoto; Takeshi Ichiji; Yutaka Hotta; Satoshi Iwai; Keiichi Akahane

doi:10.1088/1361-6498/aa73e8

Current situations and discussions in Japan in relation to the new occupational equivalent dose limit for the lens of the eye

Sumi Yokoyama, Nobuyuki Hamada, Toshiyuki Hayashida, Norio Tsujimura, Hideo Tatsuzaki, Tadahiro Kurosawa, Kuniaki Nabatame, Hiroyuki Ohguchi, Kazuko Ohno, Chiyo Yamauchi-Kawaura, Takeshi Iimoto, Takeshi Ichiji, Yutaka Hotta, Satoshi Iwai, Keiichi Akahane

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Since the International Commission on Radiological Protection recommended reducing the occupational equivalent dose limit for the lens of the eye in 2011, there have been extensive discussions in various countries. This paper reviews the current situation in radiation protection of the ocular lens and the discussions on the potential impact of the new lens dose limit in Japan. Topics include historical changes to the lens dose limit, the current situation with occupational lens exposures (e.g., in medical workers, nuclear workers, and Fukushima nuclear power plant workers) and measurements, and the current status of biological studies and epidemiological studies on radiation cataracts. Our focus is on the situation in Japan, but we believe such information sharing will be useful in many other countries.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	659-683
Number of pages	25
Journal	Journal of Radiological Protection
Volume	37
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6498/aa73e8
Publication status	Published - 25-09-2017

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Yokoyama, S., Hamada, N., Hayashida, T., Tsujimura, N., Tatsuzaki, H., Kurosawa, T., Nabatame, K., Ohguchi, H., Ohno, K., Yamauchi-Kawaura, C., Iimoto, T., Ichiji, T., Hotta, Y., Iwai, S., & Akahane, K. (2017). Current situations and discussions in Japan in relation to the new occupational equivalent dose limit for the lens of the eye. Journal of Radiological Protection, 37(3), 659-683. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6498/aa73e8

Yokoyama, Sumi ; Hamada, Nobuyuki ; Hayashida, Toshiyuki ; Tsujimura, Norio ; Tatsuzaki, Hideo ; Kurosawa, Tadahiro ; Nabatame, Kuniaki ; Ohguchi, Hiroyuki ; Ohno, Kazuko ; Yamauchi-Kawaura, Chiyo ; Iimoto, Takeshi ; Ichiji, Takeshi ; Hotta, Yutaka ; Iwai, Satoshi ; Akahane, Keiichi. / Current situations and discussions in Japan in relation to the new occupational equivalent dose limit for the lens of the eye. In: Journal of Radiological Protection. 2017 ; Vol. 37, No. 3. pp. 659-683.

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Current situations and discussions in Japan in relation to the new occupational equivalent dose limit for the lens of the eye. / Yokoyama, Sumi; Hamada, Nobuyuki; Hayashida, Toshiyuki; Tsujimura, Norio; Tatsuzaki, Hideo; Kurosawa, Tadahiro; Nabatame, Kuniaki; Ohguchi, Hiroyuki; Ohno, Kazuko; Yamauchi-Kawaura, Chiyo; Iimoto, Takeshi; Ichiji, Takeshi; Hotta, Yutaka; Iwai, Satoshi; Akahane, Keiichi.

In: Journal of Radiological Protection, Vol. 37, No. 3, 25.09.2017, p. 659-683.

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