Published June 2016 | Version v1
Journal article

A discussion for alteration of the radiation issues based on the clipping analyses of radiation articles reported in Korea

  • 1. Korean Association for Radiation Application, Seoul (Korea, Republic of)

Description

Radiation accidents having occurred in recent containing the accident in Fukushima nuclear power plants of Japan were resulted to the increase in some public concern, anxiety and confusion for radiation or nuclear safety. The public anxiety for radiation is not being decreased though the announcements done in radiation research institutes in Korea. Therefore, this study aims at providing an effective system for radiation publicity to the public members by the clipping analysis for the radiation articles reported in the media. And, the relation between those radiation issues and the radiation perception to the public members is analyzed. The radiation articles reported by them in 2013 and 2014 have been collected, and they are then classified with the article characteristic, field and tendency. Classified articles have been reviewed by dividing as two year. The 210 articles have been compared for their tendencies, characteristics and fields by year reported, and their characteristic comparison by reported year are then reviewed. Though the frequency that the radiological accidents have occurred in worldwide is far low compared to the accidental frequencies occurred in the general industrial fields, the radiation perception is being still deteriorated because of its special problem, which is defined as exposure, contamination or radioactivity, about radiation. The basic principles for radiation communication were suggested for preventing some unnecessary misunderstanding due to the variation of understanding for radiation issues. It is necessary to perform a variety of strategies for the publicity in improving the radiation perception, to build a relationship with the press or the media and then to consistently interact with them. Radiation communication must be performed by radiation experts or complete charge department, and must be consistently performed and be taken predictable patterns

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of Radiation Protection and Research (2016)
Journal Volume
41
Journal Issue
2
Series
3 refs, 6 figs, 2 tabs
Journal Page Range
p. 161-165
ISSN
2508-1888

INIS

Country of Publication
Korea, Republic of
Country of Input or Organization
Korea, Republic of
INIS RN
47111286
Subject category
S61: RADIATION PROTECTION AND DOSIMETRY;
Descriptors DEI
COMMUNICATIONS; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; PUBLIC OPINION; RADIATION DOSES; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOACTIVITY; REPUBLIC OF KOREA
Descriptors DEC
ASIA; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DOSES; NUCLEAR FACILITIES; POWER PLANTS; THERMAL POWER PLANTS