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Although careful attention is paid to the safe use of
radiation, and appropriate radiation protection measures are taken, the probability
of a radiation exposure accident is not zero. When an accident occurs, either
a nuclear disaster or a radiation accident, workers or residents may
be exposed to radiation or contaminated with radioactive substances and require
special medical care, which is called radiation emergency medicine.
The NIRS is positioned as the national center
for radiation emergency medical preparedness in the nuclear disaster prevention
system of Japan and assumes
the role of a specialized radiation emergency hospital to provide advanced
radiation emergency medicine. The center conducts various studies and investigations,
keeps the radiation emergency medicine system on standby, and maintains the
facilities and devices for emergency.
