Table 1 Ambient dose rate in the interim storage facility (ISF) area and evacuation order lifted area in Futaba town from October 2021 to November 2022.

From: Temporal variation in environmental radioactivity and radiation exposure doses in the restricted areas around the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant

Survey date

ISF

Evacuation order lifted area

Measurement points

Median (min–max) (μSv/h)

Measuring points

Median (min–max) (μSv/h)

19/10/2021

887

0.21 (0.050–1.8)

477

0.059 (0.029–0.63)

20/11/2021

1800

0.20 (0.048–1.8)

746

0.062 (0.029–0.60)

18/12/2021

1701

0.21 (0.039–2.0)

781

0.064 (0.029–0.51)

28/5/2022

1450

0.16 (0.042–1.3)

778

0.086 (0.025–1.0)

25/6/2022

1266

0.16 (0.032–1.3)

697

0.060 (0.025–0.71)

23/7/2022

1189

0.15 (0.040–1.3)

727

0.053 (0.020–0.49)

27/8/2022

1178

0.21 (0.034–1.6)

600

0.070 (0.030–0.68)

17/9/2022

1185

0.19 (0.035–1.5)

567

0.067 (0.027–0.82)

15/10/2022

1109

0.19 (0.040–1.5)

579

0.083 (0.024–0.72)

19/11/2022

1147

0.21 (0.049–1.9)

585

0.083 (0.030–0.85)

Annual estimated effective doses of workers in mSv/year (average)

0.17

Annual estimated effective doses of residents in mSv/year (average)

0.091