Azby Brown|Pieter Franken|Sean Bonner|Nick Dolezal|Joe Moross
Safecast: successful citizen-science for radiation measurement and communication after Fukushima
Kanazawa Institute of Technology
fukushima daichi nuclear power plant disaster began 11 march 2011 provided crucial opportunity evaluate state preparation part powerplant operator tepco relevant japanese government agencies international oversight bodies gather necessary information radiation risks quickly share tasked emergency response well general public inadequacy preparation chaotic nature interagency intergovernmental communication well noted several official reports disaster response safecast international volunteerbased organization devoted monitoring openly sharing information environmental radiation pollutants initiated 12 march 2011 one day following start accident since group implemented participatory opensource citizensciencecentered radiation mapping solutions developed process collaborative open innovation information safecast provided proven useful experts policy makers public paper briefly describes methodology toolsets safecast developed deployed well organizational social aspects summarizes key results obtained date addition discusses appropriate criteria evaluating success citizenscience efforts like safecast places context nongovernmental radiation monitoring efforts