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1 United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation ATTACHMENT C-16 ABSORBED DOSE IN THYROID IN JAPAN FOR THE FIRST YEAR UNSCEAR 2013 Report, Annex A, Levels and effects of radiation exposure due to the nuclear accident after the 2011 great east-japan earthquake and tsunami, Appendix C (Assessment of doses to the public) Content This attachment details all the summary tables for the Committee s estimates of absorbed thyroid doses across Japan for the first year after the Fukushima-Daiichi nuclear power station accident. These summaries are provided for each age group (adults, 10-year old children and one-year old infants) for all non-evacuated districts within Fukushima Prefecture (Group 2), most districts within the Group 3 prefectures (Chiba, Gunma, Ibaraki, Iwate, Miyagi and Tochigi); and for all remaining prefectures in Japan (Group 4). The population data are taken from the recent Japan Census [MIC, 2011]. Notes The designations employed and the presentation of material in this publication do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the Secretariat of the United Nations concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area, or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries. United Nations, August All rights reserved, worldwide. This publication has not been formally edited.

2 2 ATTACHMENT C-16: ABSORBED DOSE IN THYROID IN JAPAN FOR THE FIRST YEAR Table C absorbed dose to thyroid in adults in first year for Fukushima Prefecture (excluding evacuated areas) The dose estimates are quoted to two decimal places, but this does not imply that level of accuracy in 2010 adult, first year (mgy) Fukushima Ken Aizubange Town Aizumisato Town Aizuwakamatsu City Asakawa Town Bandai Town Date City Fukushima City Furudono Town Hanawa Town Hinoemata Village Hirata Village Inawashiro Town Ishikawa Town Iwaki City Izumizaki Village Kagamiishi Town Kanayama Town Kawamata Town Kitakata City Kitashiobara Village Koori Town Koriyama City Kunimi Town Miharu Town Minamiaizu Town Minamisoma City Mishima Town Motomiya City Nakajima Village Nihonmatsu City Nishiaizu Town Nishigo Village Ono Town Otama Village Samegava Village Shinchi Town

3 ATTACHMENT C-16: ABSORBED DOSE IN THYROID IN JAPAN FOR THE FIRST YEAR 3 in 2010 adult, first year (mgy) Shirakawa City Shomogo Town Showa Village Soma City Sukagawa City Tadami Town Tamakawa Village Tamura City Tanagura Town Tenei Village Yabuki Town Yamatsuri Town Yanaizu Town Yukawa Village

4 4 ATTACHMENT C-16: ABSORBED DOSE IN THYROID IN JAPAN FOR THE FIRST YEAR Table C absorbed dose to thyroid in 10-year-old children in first year for Fukushima Prefecture (excluding evacuated areas) The dose estimates are quoted to two decimal places, but this does not imply that level of accuracy in year-old child, first year (mgy) Fukushima Ken Aizubange Town Aizumisato Town Aizuwakamatsu City Asakawa Town Bandai Town Date City Fukushima City Furudono Town Hanawa Town Hinoemata Village Hirata Village Inawashiro Town Ishikawa Town Iwaki City Izumizaki Village Kagamiishi Town Kanayama Town Kawamata Town Kitakata City Kitashiobara Village Koori Town Koriyama City Kunimi Town Miharu Town Minamiaizu Town Minamisoma City Mishima Town Motomiya City Nakajima Village Nihonmatsu City Nishiaizu Town Nishigo Village Ono Town Otama Village Samegava Village Shinchi Town

5 ATTACHMENT C-16: ABSORBED DOSE IN THYROID IN JAPAN FOR THE FIRST YEAR 5 in year-old child, first year (mgy) Shirakawa City Shomogo Town Showa Village Soma City Sukagawa City Tadami Town Tamakawa Village Tamura City Tanagura Town Tenei Village Yabuki Town Yamatsuri Town Yanaizu Town Yukawa Village

6 6 ATTACHMENT C-16: ABSORBED DOSE IN THYROID IN JAPAN FOR THE FIRST YEAR Table C absorbed dose to thyroid in one-year-old infants in first year for Fukushima Prefecture (excluding evacuated areas) The dose estimates are quoted to two decimal places, but this does not imply that level of accuracy one-year-old infant, first year (mgy) Fukushima Ken Aizubange Town Aizumisato Town Aizuwakamatsu City Asakawa Town Bandai Town Date City Fukushima City Furudono Town Hanawa Town Hinoemata Village Hirata Village Inawashiro Town Ishikawa Town Iwaki City Izumizaki Village Kagamiishi Town Kanayama Town Kawamata Town Kitakata City Kitashiobara Village Koori Town Koriyama City Kunimi Town Miharu Town Minamiaizu Town Minamisoma City Mishima Town Motomiya City Nakajima Village Nihonmatsu City Nishiaizu Town Nishigo Village Ono Town Otama Village Samegava Village Shinchi Town Shirakawa City

7 ATTACHMENT C-16: ABSORBED DOSE IN THYROID IN JAPAN FOR THE FIRST YEAR 7 one-year-old infant, first year (mgy) Shomogo Town Showa Village Soma City Sukagawa City Tadami Town Tamakawa Village Tamura City Tanagura Town Tenei Village Yabuki Town Yamatsuri Town Yanaizu Town Yukawa Village

8 8 ATTACHMENT C-16: ABSORBED DOSE IN THYROID IN JAPAN FOR THE FIRST YEAR Table C absorbed dose to thyroid in adults in first year for neighbouring prefectures to Fukushima Prefecture The dose estimates are quoted to two decimal places, but this does not imply that level of accuracy adult, first year (mgy) Chiba Ken Abiko Shi Chiba Shi Funabashi Shi Ichikawa Shi Inzai Shi Kashiwa Shi Katori Shi Kozaki Machi Matsudo Shi Nagareyama Shi Narita Shi Noda Shi Sakae Machi Sakura Shi Shibayama Machi Shiroi Shi Togane Shi Tonosho Machi Urayasu Shi Yachimata Shi Yachiyo Shi Yotsukaido Shi Gunma Ken Annaka Shi Fujioka Shi Higashiagatsuma Machi Isesaki Shi Kanna Machi Kanra Machi Katashina Mura Kawaba Mura Kiryu Shi Maebashi Shi Midori Shi Minakami Machi Naganohara Machi

9 ATTACHMENT C-16: ABSORBED DOSE IN THYROID IN JAPAN FOR THE FIRST YEAR 9 adult, first year (mgy) Nakanojo Machi Nanmoku Mura Numata Shi Ota Shi Shibukawa Shi Shimonita Machi Shinto Mura Showa Mura Takasaki Shi Takayama Mura Tomioka Shi Tsumagoi Mura Ueno Mura Ibaraki Ken Ami Machi Bando Shi Daigo Machi Hitachi Shi Hitachinaka Shi Hitachiomiya Shi Hitachiota Shi Hokota Shi Ibaraki Machi Inashiki Shi Ishioka Shi Itako Shi Joso Shi Kamisu Shi Kasama Shi Kashima Shi Kasumigaura Shi Kawachi Machi Kitaibaraki Shi Miho Mura Mito Shi Moriya Shi Naka Shi Namegata Shi Oarai Machi Omitama Shi Ryugasaki Shi

10 10 ATTACHMENT C-16: ABSORBED DOSE IN THYROID IN JAPAN FOR THE FIRST YEAR adult, first year (mgy) Sakai Machi Sakuragawa Shi Takahagi Shi Tokai Mura Tone Machi Toride Shi Tsuchiura Shi Tsukuba Shi Tsukubamirai Shi Ushiku Shi Iwate Ken Fujisawa Cho Hiraizumi Cho Ichinoseki Shi Kanegasaki Cho Kitakami Shi Ofunato Shi Oshu Shi Rikuzentakata Shi Sumita Cho Miyagi Ken Higashimatsushima Shi Ishinomaki Shi Iwanuma Shi Kakuda Shi Kami Machi Kawasaki Machi Kesennuma Shi Kurihara Shi Marumori Machi Minamisanriku Cho Misato Machi Ogawara Machi Onagawa Cho Osaki Shi Sendai Shi Shichikashuku Machi Shikama Cho Shiroishi Shi Tome Shi Yamamoto Cho

11 ATTACHMENT C-16: ABSORBED DOSE IN THYROID IN JAPAN FOR THE FIRST YEAR 11 adult, first year (mgy) Zao Machi Tochigi Ken Ashikaga Shi Kanuma Shi Mibu Machi Nakagawa Machi Nasu Machi Nasushiobara Shi Nikko Shi Otawara Shi Sakura Shi Sano Shi Shioya Machi Takanezawa Machi Tochigi Shi Utsunomiya Shi Yaita Shi

12 12 ATTACHMENT C-16: ABSORBED DOSE IN THYROID IN JAPAN FOR THE FIRST YEAR Table C absorbed dose to thyroid in 10-year-old children in first year for neighbouring prefectures to Fukushima Prefecture The dose estimates are quoted to two decimal places, but this does not imply that level of accuracy in year-old child, first year (mgy) Chiba Ken Abiko Shi Chiba Shi Funabashi Shi Ichikawa Shi Inzai Shi Kashiwa Shi Katori Shi Kozaki Machi Matsudo Shi Nagareyama Shi Narita Shi Noda Shi Sakae Machi Sakura Shi Shibayama Machi Shiroi Shi Togane Shi Tonosho Machi Urayasu Shi Yachimata Shi Yachiyo Shi Yotsukaido Shi Gunma Ken Annaka Shi Fujioka Shi Higashiagatsuma Machi Isesaki Shi Kanna Machi Kanra Machi Katashina Mura Kawaba Mura Kiryu Shi Maebashi Shi Midori Shi Minakami Machi Naganohara Machi

13 ATTACHMENT C-16: ABSORBED DOSE IN THYROID IN JAPAN FOR THE FIRST YEAR 13 in year-old child, first year (mgy) Nakanojo Machi Nanmoku Mura Numata Shi Ota Shi Shibukawa Shi Shimonita Machi Shinto Mura Showa Mura Takasaki Shi Takayama Mura Tomioka Shi Tsumagoi Mura Ueno Mura Ibaraki Ken Ami Machi Bando Shi Daigo Machi Hitachi Shi Hitachinaka Shi Hitachiomiya Shi Hitachiota Shi Hokota Shi Ibaraki Machi Inashiki Shi Ishioka Shi Itako Shi Joso Shi Kamisu Shi Kasama Shi Kashima Shi Kasumigaura Shi Kawachi Machi Kitaibaraki Shi Miho Mura Mito Shi Moriya Shi Naka Shi Namegata Shi Oarai Machi Omitama Shi Ryugasaki Shi

14 14 ATTACHMENT C-16: ABSORBED DOSE IN THYROID IN JAPAN FOR THE FIRST YEAR in year-old child, first year (mgy) Sakai Machi Sakuragawa Shi Takahagi Shi Tokai Mura Tone Machi Toride Shi Tsuchiura Shi Tsukuba Shi Tsukubamirai Shi Ushiku Shi Iwate Ken Fujisawa Cho Hiraizumi Cho Ichinoseki Shi Kanegasaki Cho Kitakami Shi Ofunato Shi Oshu Shi Rikuzentakata Shi Sumita Cho Miyagi Ken Higashimatsushima Shi Ishinomaki Shi Iwanuma Shi Kakuda Shi Kami Machi Kawasaki Machi Kesennuma Shi Kurihara Shi Marumori Machi Minamisanriku Cho Misato Machi Ogawara Machi Onagawa Cho Osaki Shi Sendai Shi Shichikashuku Machi Shikama Cho Shiroishi Shi Tome Shi Yamamoto Cho

15 ATTACHMENT C-16: ABSORBED DOSE IN THYROID IN JAPAN FOR THE FIRST YEAR 15 in year-old child, first year (mgy) Zao Machi Tochigi Ken Ashikaga Shi Kanuma Shi Mibu Machi Nakagawa Machi Nasu Machi Nasushiobara Shi Nikko Shi Otawara Shi Sakura Shi Sano Shi Shioya Machi Takanezawa Machi Tochigi Shi Utsunomiya Shi Yaita Shi

16 16 ATTACHMENT C-16: ABSORBED DOSE IN THYROID IN JAPAN FOR THE FIRST YEAR Table C absorbed dose to thyroid in one-year-old infants in first year for neighbouring prefectures to Fukushima Prefecture The dose estimates are quoted to two decimal places, but this does not imply that level of accuracy one-year-old infant, first year (mgy) Chiba Ken Abiko Shi Chiba Shi Funabashi Shi Ichikawa Shi Inzai Shi Kashiwa Shi Katori Shi Kozaki Machi Matsudo Shi Nagareyama Shi Narita Shi Noda Shi Sakae Machi Sakura Shi Shibayama Machi Shiroi Shi Togane Shi Tonosho Machi Urayasu Shi Yachimata Shi Yachiyo Shi Yotsukaido Shi Gunma Ken Annaka Shi Fujioka Shi Higashiagatsuma Machi Isesaki Shi Kanna Machi Kanra Machi Katashina Mura Kawaba Mura Kiryu Shi Maebashi Shi Midori Shi Minakami Machi Naganohara Machi

17 ATTACHMENT C-16: ABSORBED DOSE IN THYROID IN JAPAN FOR THE FIRST YEAR 17 one-year-old infant, first year (mgy) Nakanojo Machi Nanmoku Mura Numata Shi Ota Shi Shibukawa Shi Shimonita Machi Shinto Mura Showa Mura Takasaki Shi Takayama Mura Tomioka Shi Tsumagoi Mura Ueno Mura Ibaraki Ken Ami Machi Bando Shi Daigo Machi Hitachi Shi Hitachinaka Shi Hitachiomiya Shi Hitachiota Shi Hokota Shi Ibaraki Machi Inashiki Shi Ishioka Shi Itako Shi Joso Shi Kamisu Shi Kasama Shi Kashima Shi Kasumigaura Shi Kawachi Machi Kitaibaraki Shi Miho Mura Mito Shi Moriya Shi Naka Shi Namegata Shi Oarai Machi Omitama Shi Ryugasaki Shi Sakai Machi

18 18 ATTACHMENT C-16: ABSORBED DOSE IN THYROID IN JAPAN FOR THE FIRST YEAR one-year-old infant, first year (mgy) Sakuragawa Shi Takahagi Shi Tokai Mura Tone Machi Toride Shi Tsuchiura Shi Tsukuba Shi Tsukubamirai Shi Ushiku Shi Iwate Ken Fujisawa Cho Hiraizumi Cho Ichinoseki Shi Kanegasaki Cho Kitakami Shi Ofunato Shi Oshu Shi Rikuzentakata Shi Sumita Cho Miyagi Ken Higashimatsushima Shi Ishinomaki Shi Iwanuma Shi Kakuda Shi Kami Machi Kawasaki Machi Kesennuma Shi Kurihara Shi Marumori Machi Minamisanriku Cho Misato Machi Ogawara Machi Onagawa Cho Osaki Shi Sendai Shi Shichikashuku Machi Shikama Cho Shiroishi Shi Tome Shi Yamamoto Cho Zao Machi

19 ATTACHMENT C-16: ABSORBED DOSE IN THYROID IN JAPAN FOR THE FIRST YEAR 19 one-year-old infant, first year (mgy) Tochigi Ken Ashikaga Shi Kanuma Shi Mibu Machi Nakagawa Machi Nasu Machi Nasushiobara Shi Nikko Shi Otawara Shi Sakura Shi Sano Shi Shioya Machi Takanezawa Machi Tochigi Shi Utsunomiya Shi Yaita Shi

20 20 ATTACHMENT C-16: ABSORBED DOSE IN THYROID IN JAPAN FOR THE FIRST YEAR Table C absorbed dose to thyroid in adults in first year for remainder of Japan The dose estimates are quoted to two decimal places, but this does not imply that level of accuracy Prefecture in 2010 adult, first year (mgy) Aichi [Nagoya] Akita [Akita] Aomori [Aomori] Ehime [Matsuyama] Fukui [Fukui] Fukuoka [Dazaifu] Gifu [Kakamigahara] Hiroshima [Hiroshima] Hokkaido [Sapporo] Hyogo [Kobe] Ishikawa [Kanazawa] Kagawa [Takamatsu] Kagoshima [Kagoshima] Kanagawa [Chigasaki] Kochi [Kochi] Kumamoto [Uto] Kyoto [Kyoto] Mie [Yokkaichi] Miyazaki [Miyazaki] Nagano [Nagano] Nagasaki [Omura] Nara [Nara] Niigata [Niigata] Oita [Oita] Okayama [Okayama] Okinawa [Uruma] Osaka [Osaka] Saga [Saga] Saitama [Saitama] Shiga [Otsu] Shimane [Matsue] Shizuoka [Shizuoka] Tokushima [Myozai] Tokyo [Shinjuku] Tottori [Touhaku] Toyama [Imizu] Wakayama [Wakayama] Yamagata [Yamagata]

21 ATTACHMENT C-16: ABSORBED DOSE IN THYROID IN JAPAN FOR THE FIRST YEAR 21 Prefecture in 2010 adult, first year (mgy) Yamaguchi [Yamaguchi] Yamanashi [Kofu]

22 22 ATTACHMENT C-16: ABSORBED DOSE IN THYROID IN JAPAN FOR THE FIRST YEAR Table C absorbed dose to thyroid in 10-year-old children in first year for remainder of Japan The dose estimates are quoted to two decimal places, but this does not imply that level of accuracy Prefecture 10-year-old child, first year (mgy) Aichi [Nagoya] Akita [Akita] Aomori [Aomori] Ehime [Matsuyama] Fukui [Fukui] Fukuoka [Dazaifu] Gifu [Kakamigahara] Hiroshima [Hiroshima] Hokkaido [Sapporo] Hyogo [Kobe] Ishikawa [Kanazawa] Kagawa [Takamatsu] Kagoshima [Kagoshima] Kanagawa [Chigasaki] Kochi [Kochi] Kumamoto [Uto] Kyoto [Kyoto] Mie [Yokkaichi] Miyazaki [Miyazaki] Nagano [Nagano] Nagasaki [Omura] Nara [Nara] Niigata [Niigata] Oita [Oita] Okayama [Okayama] Okinawa [Uruma] Osaka [Osaka] Saga [Saga] Saitama [Saitama] Shiga [Otsu] Shimane [Matsue] Shizuoka [Shizuoka] Tokushima [Myozai] Tokyo [Shinjuku] Tottori [Touhaku] Toyama [Imizu] Wakayama [Wakayama]

23 ATTACHMENT C-16: ABSORBED DOSE IN THYROID IN JAPAN FOR THE FIRST YEAR 23 Prefecture 10-year-old child, first year (mgy) Yamagata [Yamagata] Yamaguchi [Yamaguchi] Yamanashi [Kofu]

24 24 ATTACHMENT C-16: ABSORBED DOSE IN THYROID IN JAPAN FOR THE FIRST YEAR Table C absorbed dose to thyroid in one-year-old infants in first year for remainder of Japan The dose estimates are quoted to two decimal places, but this does not imply that level of accuracy one-year-old infant, first year (mgy) Aichi [Nagoya] Akita [Akita] Aomori [Aomori] Ehime [Matsuyama] Fukui [Fukui] Fukuoka [Dazaifu] Gifu [Kakamigahara] Hiroshima [Hiroshima] Hokkaido [Sapporo] Hyogo [Kobe] Ishikawa [Kanazawa] Kagawa [Takamatsu] Kagoshima [Kagoshima] Kanagawa [Chigasaki] Kochi [Kochi] Kumamoto [Uto] Kyoto [Kyoto] Mie [Yokkaichi] Miyazaki [Miyazaki] Nagano [Nagano] Nagasaki [Omura] Nara [Nara] Niigata [Niigata] Oita [Oita] Okayama [Okayama] Okinawa [Uruma] Osaka [Osaka] Saga [Saga] Saitama [Saitama] Shiga [Otsu] Shimane [Matsue] Shizuoka [Shizuoka] Tokushima [Myozai] Tokyo [Shinjuku] Tottori [Touhaku] Toyama [Imizu] Wakayama [Wakayama] Yamagata [Yamagata]

25 ATTACHMENT C-16: ABSORBED DOSE IN THYROID IN JAPAN FOR THE FIRST YEAR 25 one-year-old infant, first year (mgy) Yamaguchi [Yamaguchi] Yamanashi [Kofu] References MIC. The basic information about the population census for 2010 in Japan. Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications. [Internet] Available from ( index.htm) on 6 December 2011.

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