Abstract
The 2011 off the Pacific Coast of Tohoku Earthquake with a magnitude of nine on the Richter scale happened at 14:46, 11 March, 2011. At the same time, several giant tsunami waves hit Iwate, Miyagi, Fukushima, Ibaraki and Chiba Prefectures. Furthermore, the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant accident was caused by the earthquake and the tsunami. In the nuclear power plant, many nuclear fuel rods in the atomic reactor could not be cooled down by the loss of the entire electric source. Then, hydrogen explosions happened in the 1st, 3rd and 4th the nuclear power plant, the radioactive materials with 850,000 TBq were released into atmosphere, and foods, drinking waters, soils, ocean waters and so on were contaminated by them.
Since the movement involved in the Q&A support of JRRS has been started in mid-March, the members of the Q&A support of JRRS have been replying to too many questions about radioactivity and radiation from the public. At the same time, frequently-asked and important questions have been put on the website of JRRS. The contents have been brushed up according to an ever-changing condition. In addition, the Q&A support of JRRS is making on holding of the lecture meetings in Fukushima and surrounding Prefectures.
At the Workshop, we will introduce social impacts observed through the movement involved in the Q&A support of JRRS and discuss about the roles to play and the foresight of JRRS.
