enable to reader to gain a systematic understanding of the long term mental health change and how it affected the society.
Understanding Fukushima and Chernobyl Public Health Effects:
In general, the key to prevent such disasters from happening again lies in the preparation and education of the general public, which makes public health an important issue for both Chernobyl and Fukushima disaster. Because the effect of both disasters are far-fetched, the domestic and international community have implemented different measures to prevent something similar from happening again. For example, in the Physical for Social Responsibility report (Responsibility, 2013 ), it mentioned the importance to educate the public and first responder about radiation exposure and health, as well as phasing out…show more content… In the study (Funabashi and Kitazawa, 2012), analysed the reason for not only the accident itself, but also the disastrous aftermath and public response. Funasnashi et al. (2012) suggested that the close proximity of the nuclear reactors led to a chain reaction, and that the power plants workers are not well trained to deal with nuclear meltdowns. Moreover, the Japanese government has been promoting the “safeness” of nuclear power since the 1970s, which led to a false sense of security among the general public, thus leading to lapses in preparation. Worse yet, when the accident happened the Japanese government told the company responsible that workers in the plant must remain on site and put their lives on the line instead of evacuation. This study concluded that crisis management must be improved and that additional legislation and manuals must be introduced to add clarity in case another nuclear disaster happen again. Overall, Funabashi et al. (2012) provided a good
