Report of expert committee on accident compensation for the workers of atomic industry

This report was prepared by the expert committee on this subject and was submitted to the chairman of the Japan Atomic Energy Commission. It is based on the previous report (1965) and discusses specific problems which require urgent solution. Present status, problems, and countermeasures are described for three fundamental areas of radiation accident compensation. The first area is the recognition of the cause and effect relation between accidents and diseases. Some recommendations are given for the role of the auxiliary organization for the recognition and approval of the relation. The second area is the problem of keeping the record of the radiation exposure dosage for individual workers. The necessity of establishing a national record-keeping system is recommended. The third area is the compensation system. The relation with the ordinary labor accident insurance is discussed. (Aoki, K.)