Nuclear Energy Institute Report on Japan’s Nuclear Reactors, November 21, 2011

Japan Cabinet Approves Decontamination Protocols

Industry/Regulatory/Political

• The Japanese cabinet has approved “basic policies” to clean up radioactive contamination resulting from the Fukushima Daiichi accident. Based on recommendations made in 2007 by the International Commission on Radiological Protection, areas contaminated to dose levels within two rem per year above background will be cleaned up to reduce adult doses by 50 percent within two years and 60 percent for children, and to a…