Legal Framework

Act on Special Measures concerning the handling of Environment Pollution by Radioactive Materials Discharged by the Nuclear Power Station Accident Associated with the Tohoku District-Off the Pacific Earthquake That Occurred on March 11, 2011

This Act was established to address the urgent issue of reducing promptly the impact of environmental contamination on human health and the living environment caused by radioactive materials, which had been released by the nuclear power plant accident associated with the Great East Japan Earthquake. It defines that the basic principles regarding the handling of the environment pollution caused by radioactive materials are determined in a cabinet meeting, and that the monitoring and measurement are carried out to determine the status of the environmental contamination by accident-derived radioactive materials. It also sets the matters relating to the disposal of wastes and the matters on measures for decontamination of soil, etc. contaminated by radioactive materials.

• Outline of the Act on Special Measures
• Act on Special Measures

Basic Principles under the Act

The Basic Principles under the Act provide a decontamination framework and were approved in the Cabinet meeting on November 11, 2011.

• Basic Principles
• Outline of the implementation of the Act

Decontamination Guidelines

• Decontamination Guidelines 2nd Ed., 2013（Tentative Translation）