Damages and Risk Communication emerged by the Severe Accident of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station

A View Point from the Disaster Area

Abstract

　 Concerning to the severe accident of the Tokyo Electric Power Company's Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station, characteristics of the damages and risk communication emerged by the accident are reported from the point of view of a resident in Fukushima. Information and communication about the ongoing crisis have been quite insubstantial and insecure, while the residents have tried to tackle the matters under the circumstance of each. Under the uncertain information about the radiation risk, large perception gaps are laid between the government or expertise and the residents. As the peculiarities accompanying the scales of the nuclear severe accident are clarified, usefulness of some STS theories has been reevaluated about the science transfigured after 1970's. Recognizing the emergence of the Beck's “Risk Society”, safety oriented society and the new rolls of expertise are expected.