@misc{oai:repo.qst.go.jp:00064321, author = {Tatsuzaki, Hideo and et.al and 立崎 英夫}, month = {Sep}, note = {An earthquake measuring 9.0 on the Richter scale struck the northeast coast of Japan on 11 March 2011, triggering a tsunami with over than 10m-high waves. The earthquake caused serious damages to the Fukushima nuclear power plants (NPPs). The damages were caused to the cooling systems, whereas NPPs automatically shut down after the earthquake. The troubles in the cooling systems lead to hydrogen explosions and core melting and resulting in a large amount of radioactive materials being released into the atmosphere. The deposition of major radioactive materials, I-131, Cs-134 and Cs-137, on the land induced the high ambient dose of radiation around the NPP, especially within 20 km radius. Therefore, almost 170, 000 people had to evacuate or stay indoors. This earthquake also affected infrastructures such as the monitoring system for radiation and the telecommunications system. Furthermore, the system for radiation emergency medicine did not work effectively neither useful emergency system, since community lifelines such as water supply and electricity were severely damaged. Fortunately, there have been no workers at NPPs or residents at the site who required for treatment from the viewpoint of radiation exposure. We have learned from this disaster that the damage to the monitoring system for radiation as well as lifelines in case of an earthquake should be taken into account, and a scenario including an impaired monitoring system is important for the drill of nuclear disasters. There is urgent need for a combined disaster strategy, which should be emphasized for current disaster planning and response., Health Protection 2011}, title = {Nuclear disater combined with earthquake and tsunami at Fukushima of Japan}, year = {2011} }