Historical Studies of Scientific Research System of Radiation Effects in Postwar Japan

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 24501243
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Sociology/History of science and technology
• Research Institution: Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology
• Principal Investigator: KAKIHARA Yasushi 東京海洋大学, 海洋科学技術研究科, 准教授 (60345402)
• Research Collaborator: SEGAWA Yoshiyuki 高木学校/シューレ大学 ; YOSHIDA Yuko 「チェルノブイリ被害調査・救援」女性ネットワーク, 事務局長 ; UEDA Akifumi 市民科学研究室, 代表 ; KUBOTA Akiko 学習院大学, 人文科学研究科
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: 放射線 / 被曝 / 科学史 / 健康影響 / 原爆 / リスク論 / 疫学調査

Outline of Final Research Achievements

We studied a history of the scientific research system of radiation effects in postwar Japan, especially focusing on a formation of the long-term investigations of radiation effects of atomic bombs victims or survivors in 1950s, and then examined the present issues of Fukushima Health Survey.

Free Research Field

科学技術史