1. 2011 Pan American Health Organization Módulo 261.... NUCLEAR EMERGENCY IN JAPON 30 March 2011 Pablo Jiménez Regional Advisor in Radiological Health NUCLEAR EMERGENCY IN JAPON 30 March 2011 Pablo Jiménez Regional Advisor in Radiological Health

2. 2011 Pan American Health Organization Módulo 262 Events at Fukushima Dai-ichi 14:46 March 11: Earthquake Epicenter: Off-Coast of Sanriku 16:36 March 11th:TEPCO recognized to NISA the inability of injecting water using the Emergency Core Cooling System 19:03 March 11th: the Government declared the state of nuclear emergency 15:36 March 12th : Explosion occurred in Unit 1. 11:01 March 14 th : Explosion occurred around the Reactor Building of Unit 3 06:10 March 15 th : a sound of explosion was made in Unit 2. 09:38 March 15 th : Fire at Unit 4 occurred. As a result dangerous amount of radioactive material has been released to the environment

3. 2011 Pan American Health Organization Módulo 263 Fukushima Dai-ichi NPP The status of operation Unit 1 (460MWe): automatic shutdown Unit 2 (784MWe): automatic shutdown Unit 3 (784MWe): automatic shutdown Unit 4 (784MWe): in periodic inspection outage Unit 5 (784MWe): in periodic inspection outage Unit 6 (1,100MWe): in periodic inspection outage

4. 2011 Pan American Health Organization Módulo 264 Daiichi On-Site Monitoring

5. 2011 Pan American Health Organization Módulo 265 CURRENT SITUATION OF THE PLANT as of 30 MARCH 2011 05.00 UTC Power distribution panels in Units 2 and 4 have been connected. The lighting in units 1, 2 and 3 control rooms has been restored. Fresh water is being continuously injected in units 1,2 and 3 Water continues to be poured into the Spent Fuel Pool of Unit 4 each day Accumulated radioactive water was found next to the turbine buildings of Units 1, 2 and 3, and it is being drained.

6. 2011 Pan American Health Organization Módulo 266 Radiation exposure of residents In Futaba Town: 32 people counted more than 13,000 cpm. During the screening in Okuma Town: 3 people were at the level of 13,000 cpm or more. During the screening of people from the hospitals located within 10km area: 6 people were at the level of 13,000 cpm or more. During the screening of 91,768 people by Fukushima Prefecture: 98 people were above the 100,000 cpm

7. 2011 Pan American Health Organization Módulo 267 Radiation exposure of workers 19 workers have been exposed to more than 100mSv 3 workers exposed to more that 170 mSv, 2 of them with the level of exposure to the legs from 2 to 3 Sv. 5 members of Self-Defense Force exposed 30,000 cpm. 6 workers injured at the time of explosion at the Unit 3 of Fukushima Dai-ichi NPS.

8. Countermeasures taken Administration of the stable Iodine: the 16 th during evacuation area (20 km radius) the 21 st to the cities, towns and villages of the Prefecture Sheltering: the 15th, Prime Minister directed in-house stay to the residents in the area from 20 km to 30 km radius from Fukushima Dai-ichi NPS. Foodstuffs control: Suspension of shipment and restriction of intake of several vegetables from Prefectures of Fukushima, Ibaraki, Tochigi and Gunma Restriction of drinking tap-water for: All residents: Iitate Village Babies: in the cities of Minami-soma, Iwaki, Tamura and Tuskidate

9. 2011 Pan American Health Organization Módulo 269 Environmental Monitoring in Fukushima Prefecture Sampling points and the minimum and maximum measured concentration for I-131 and Cs-137. The highest soil concentrations are observed at North West direction from the NPP.

10. 2011 Pan American Health Organization Módulo 2610 Environmental measurements offsite

11. 2011 Pan American Health Organization Módulo 2611 Monitoring the Marine Environment

12. Measurements in North America Canadian Radiation Monitoring Information Vancouver Island: (mBq/m3 of I-131) 0.55 (18 March), 1.9 (19 March), 3.63 (20 March), 1.14 (23 March), 2.74 (25 March) 0.51 (26 March) and 0.63 (27 March). Ottawa: (mBq/m3 of I-131) I-131 0.01 (19 March), 0.25 (21 March), 4.26 (22 March), 1.43 (23 March), 1.19 (24 March), 0.78 (25 March), 0.47 (26 March) and 0.72 (27 March). USA Environmental Protection Agency EPA has deployed additional monitors to Hawaii, Alaska, Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands Filter results for Anaheim, CA found: (Picocuries/m3) Cs-137: 0.0017, Te-132: 0.012, I-132: 0.0095, I-131: 0.046. The radiation levels detected are hundreds of thousands times below levels of concern.

13. 2011 Pan American Health Organization Módulo 2613 INTERNATIONAL RESPONSE Convention on Early Notification of a Nuclear Accident, IAEA. WHO is part of. Convention on Assistance in the Case of a Nuclear Accident or Radiological Emergency IAEA. WHO is part of. International Health Regulations, WHO.

14. INTER-AGENCY COMMITTEE ON RADIOLOGICAL AND NUCLEAR EMERGENCIES (IACRNE) European Commission (EC) European Police Office (EUROPOL) Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL) Nuclear Energy Agency of the Organization for Economic Co- operation and Development (OECD/NEA) Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) United Nations Office for the Co-ordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UN/OCHA) United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UN/OOSA) World Health Organization (WHO) World Meteorological Organization (WMO) Purpose: to co-ordinate the arrangements of the relevant international intergovernmental organizations for preparing for and responding to nuclear and radiological emergencies

15. 2011 Pan American Health Organization Módulo 2615 JOINT RADIATION EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PLAN OF THE INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS The Joint Plan Describes critical response task and responsible organization: e.g. Public health risk assessment and response: WHO, PAHO Each organization has links with the relevant authorities in its own Member States for performing its usual functions

16. 2011 Pan American Health Organization Módulo 2616  March 11 th the EOC was activated to level 2 during first 48 hours  Since then the EOC continues at level 1 monitoring the nuclear emergency.  The information has been received from the Early Notification and Assistance Conventions (ENAC) website  Holding several teleconferences with IACRNE members organizations  Elaborating Q/As in coordination with WHO/HQ, and translating them into the Spanish  Addressing the media from the Region We do not expect to see radiation at harmful levels reaching the Region from Japanese NPPs PAHO RESPONSE