In the 21st Century, the system for ensuring radiation safety is fragile, while the use of radiation in medicine and industry and nuclear power development is accelerating. Furthermore, the recent global instability raises the potential threat to the nuclear terrorism. In response to these global changes, there have been global needs for leaders who can direct the recovery in a situation of nuclear disaster or nuclear terrorism, in addition to optimize the radiation safety and protectively.

In this education program, Hiroshima University will develop global leaders (Phoenix Leaders) who will have the determination and judgment to take the best possible actions in response to the radiation disasters, and direct the recovery under a clear radiation response philosophy. Based on our experience and achievements in Hiroshima University for supporting the recovery from the atomic bomb, this program establishes “Radiation Disaster Recovery Studies” covering professional academic fields of medical science, environmental studies, engineering, the physical sciences, sociology, pedagogy and psychology. Form the basis of the “Radiation Disaster Recovery Studies”, this program develops　“personnel for protecting lives from radiation disaster,” “personnel for protecting the environment from radioactivity” and　“personnel for protecting children and society from radioactivity.”

Through the personnel development, this program will contribute to establishing a new system of the leadership and response for the radiation disaster for protecting safety and security as a 21st Century model.