TARAHINE
NPOTARACHINE
How ordinary Japanese housewives
with young children in Fukushima havecome to run a World-class laboratory

for measuring radiation.

NPO Mothers’ Radiation Lab Fukushima –TARACHINE was established by local residents to protect
our health and livelihood from the damage due to radiation
caused by the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant accident
on March 11, 2011.

We, mothers set up a laboratory and started measuring theradiation levels of food by ourselves and searched for safe foodto consume. We are working every day to protect the healthand future of children and to provide useful information to thecommunity.

2011• Mar. 11th The Great East Japan Earthquake triggered the accident at
TEPCO’s Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station• Nov.13th NPO Mothers’ Radiation Lab Fukushima - TARACHINE was set
up by local mothers

2012• In collaboration with Kuminosato in Okinawa, started a health resort
therapy retreat for children in Fukushima• Opened children's Retreat Counseling Center2013• Launched on-site thyroid screening project• Started measuring radiation in collaboration with TEAM Mamabeku

2014

Adding laboratory for measuring beta-ray nuclides; Strontium-90 and Tritium

2015

Started marine surveys off the coast of Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant.

2017

Opened TARACHINE Pediatric Clinic

2018

In collaboration with Orto dei Sogni in Italy, started a health resort therapy
retreat for children in Fukushima

2019

Started Ateliers TARACHINE, a mental health care project for children

2021
2020

In collaboration with Kumabeko Mothers’ Group for Protecting Children in Aizu,
started a health resort therapy retreat for children in Fukushima~2022

Started obtaining and Installing equipment for measuring all 3 kinds of Tritium
over 3 yearsLaboratory for Measuring Radiation
At our Lab, the amount of Cesium 137, Cesium 134, Tritium andStrontium-90 are measured in Food, Drinking Water, Soil, Seawater.

Marine Survey
Measuring radiation in the seawater, fish and at fixed points off the coastof the destroyed nuclear plant.

Pediatric Clinic
Free check-ups and thyroid ultrasound examination for children who
were under 18 years old at the time of the accident.

Thyroid Cancer Screening
On-site Thyroid exam in various locations in an out of Fukushima.

Therapeutic Camping Retreats for Kids
Okinawa / Aizu in Fukushima / Orto dei Sogni in Italy

Mental Health Care at “Atelier TARACHINE”
Psychosomatic massage, Narrative Yoga for kids and adult, Hakoniwa sandplay, drawing and various art activities.

Preparing for measuring radiation at our laboratory

Measuring radioactivity in the Ocean
off the coast of destroyed Fukushima’s nuclear plants

Thyroid cancer exam at our clinic

There is no clear line on how much radiation exposure is harmful for thebody. In order to protect children's health, it is important not to expose
them to radiation.
Radiation cannot be seen, smelled, or felt, we cannot know the actual
degree of contamination until we actually measure it.
That’s how we started measuring cesium-137, cesium-134, Tritium, andStrontium-90 on food, air, water, soil and seawater.

Our radiation measurement results are published every
month in our website since 2011.
( https://tarachineiwaki.org/english )We’re the only citizen-led laboratory
in the world capable of measuring

radioactive nuclides, Tritium andStrontium-90 in food, water and soil.
Pretreatment equipment for measuring 3 different kinds of TritiumTritium Condensation Apparatus

Analysis equipment for the levels of Tritium and Strontium-90
Our liquid scintillation counters with ultra low-level sensitivity are capable ofdetecting low-level radioactivity.

Hide 300SL

Quantulus GCT6220

HITACHI Aloka LSC-LB8

Right now, we are facing to repeat the same
tragedy of 13 years ago in Fukushima. It’s theplanned release of the contaminatedradioactive water stored in the tanks at theFukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant into
the ocean.
Through our 13 years of continuous
measuring radiation and marine surveys,
we’ve confirmed the amount of radiation inagricultural products in Fukushima and in themarine environment have been decreasing.

Measured nuclides:
Cesium 134 & 137
Strontium 90
Tritium

However, the release of the contaminatedwater this time means we are returning to
the environment of "that day" again. This
problem is not only for Japan, but for theentire world.
In order to protect the future of ourchildren, we have established a system tomeasure Tritium and Strontium-90 inseawater, fish, and plankton, and willcontinue our scientific marine surveys.

1.5 km off the coast of FukushimaDaiichi Nuclear Power Plant

Our clinic offers thyroid examinations, whole-body radiation
measurements using a whole body counter machine, ionization
examinations, and annual health check-up.
We try to create space where our patients can freely talk about theirhealth concerns while living in an affected area. We welcome anyone
from babies to the elderly.

We issue “checkup booklet” for kids
Its main contents are
・Thyroid echo exam result
・Urinary cesium level
・Whole Body Counter result
・Blood test result
・Electrocardiogram・Hearing test result

This booklet was made with our hope that the children who wereyoung at the time of the accident will be able to protect their own
health when they become adults.

We conduct on-site thyroid screening examinations in Fukushima
Prefecture and neighboring areas. Since it began in 2013, 16,500 people
have undergone thyroid screening with us. None of them have had

pediatric thyroid cancer requiring surgery.

The examination will be performed by a specialist doctor and the result
will be explained in details. We provide a safe place where you can ask
anything that worries them. The people from the neighboring prefectures
also visiting our on-site screening for thyroid examinations. This means somany of them are still worried about their health.

The examination is free of charge for the children who were 18 years oldor younger on the day of the Great East Japan Earthquake.

Our children have lost the playground where they grew up in close
contact with nature due to the environmental contamination causedby the nuclear accident.
TARACHINE cooperates with 3 organizations and serves as a liaison
office for health resort therapy retreats where children in Fukushima
can play in nature and spend a relaxing time.
Childhood is short and precious. These retreat provides the children
with a chance to do what they can only do when they are children.

•••“Kumi no Sasto” in Kume Island, Okinawa (4 - 5 day stay)"Orto dei Soni“ in Pietra Ligure, Italy (One month stay)“Kumabeko” in Tadami, Fukushima (2 - 3 day stay)Atelier TARACHINE
Various fun art programs for kids

Narrative therapy with yoga

We provide mental health care for children and theirparents, especially their mothers who have survived
hardships caused by the nuclear disaster

Psychosomatic Massage & Narrative Therapy with Yoga
Physical and psychological massage for children and mothers.
Mental fatigue also affects the body. A gentle massage will relax
their body and mind. We also incorporate narrative therapy withyoga to value each person's story.

Hakoniwa sand box, Drawing, Clay, Pastel art
We provide a “safe space” where children can play freely on theirown.

Christian Science Monitor (Mar. 2023)“A lab of their own: How Fukushima moms led charge for radiation data”
https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Asia-Pacific/2023/0310/A-lab-of-their-own-HowFukushima-moms-led-charge-for-radiation-data

France 24 (Aug. 2021)“The never-ending ordeal of handling radioactive water at Fukushima”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_IXhPW0bwA(Our NPO part starts from 3:45 in the video)

Amnesty Journal Deutschland (Aug.2021)“MADE IN FUKUSHIMA” (in German)
https://www.amnesty.de/informieren/amnesty-journal/japan-fukushima-recht-aufnahrung

Bloomberg (Feb. 2021)“Japan Tsunami 2011: Fukushima Moms Run Radiation Lab to Protect
Their Kids”
https://youtu.be/OQUTCZokSXk

ALJAZEERA (Mar. 2021)“We don’t know when it will end’: 10 years after Fukushima”
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/3/9/fallout-fukushima-10-years-after

Other News Media TARACHINE was interviewed by:
New York Times, The Telegraph, Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen,Brasil Folha, Australia Broadcasting Corp. , and more

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NPO Mothers’ Radiation Lab Fukushima - TARACHINE
Address: 3F Kaneman Bldg., 11-3 Hanabatake-cho,Onahama, Iwaki, Fukushima, Japan 971-8162
Email: toiawase@tarachineiwaki.org
Website: https://tarachineiwaki.org/english