
Gillian Hirth, chairwoman of the UN's scientific committee on the effects of atomic radiation (Unscear), said that "no adverse health effects among Fukushima residents have been documented that could be directly attributed to radiation exposure from the accident" in March 2011.
Unscear said the latest findings supported a 2013 report on the health impact of radiation released after three reactors suffered meltdown at Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.
The latest report was released as Japan prepared to mark 10 years since a powerful earthquake triggered a tsunami that killed more than 18,000 people and triggered the worst nuclear crisis since Chernobyl a quarter of a century earlier. The incident forced the evacuation of about 160,000 people, many of whom have not returned to their homes 10 years later.
Concern over the potential health effects of the accident rose after reports of a high incidence of thyroid cancer in children living in Fukushima prefecture at the time of the disaster.












Comment: The Greenpeace report Fukushima Daiichi 2011-2021, Section 11, states: