Councilor Nobuhiko Ban
Present position
Advisor, Nuclear Regulation Authority
Education
- 1998
- Ph.D. in Medical Science, The University of Tokyo
- 1988
- M.S. in Health Science, The University of Tokyo
- 1986
- B.S. in Health Sciences, The University of Tokyo
Professional appointments
- 2015–2025
- Commissioner, Nuclear Regulation Authority
- 2011–2015
- Professor, Faculty of Nursing at Higashigaoka, Tokyo Healthcare University
- 2004–2011
- Associate Professor, Faculty of Nursing, Oita University of Nursing and Health Sciences
- 1998–2004
- Assistant Professor, Faculty of Nursing, Oita University of Nursing and Health Sciences
- 1993–1998
- Research Associate, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Tokyo
- 1988–1993
- Power Reactor and Nuclear Fuel Development Corporation
International collaborations
- International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP)
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- 2025–
Member, Main Commission
- 2017–2025
Member, Committee 4
- 2013–2017
Member, Committee 1
- 2022–
Chair, Task Group 124 on Application of the Principle of Justification
- 2016–2022
Chair, Task Group 102 on Detriment Calculation Methodology
- 2025–
- OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (OECD/NEA)
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- 2017－2025
Chair, Working Group on Leadership and Safety Culture
- 2017－2025
- United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation (UNSCEAR)
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- 2010–2015
Member, Japanese Delegation to UNSCEAR
- 2010–2015
Selected publications
- 1.
- Rühm W, Applegate K, Ban N, Bochud F, Bouffler S, Cho KW, Clement C, Gallego E, German O, Hirth G, Hosono M, Kai M, Laurier D, Liu S, Martinez NE, Romanov S, Schneider T, Sutton DG, Wojcik A (2025) Essentials of the system of radiological protection. J Radiol Prot 45: 033002.
- 2.
- Ulanowski A, Ban N, Ozasa K, Rühm W, Semones E, Shavers M, Vaillant L (2024) Time-integrated radiation risk metrics and interpopulation variability of survival. Z Med Phys 34: 64-82.
- 3.
- Zhang W, Laurier D, Cléro E, Hamada N, Preston D, Vaillant L, Ban N (2020) Sensitivity analysis of parameters and methodological choices used in calculation of radiation detriment for solid cancer. Int J Radiat Biol 96: 596-605.
- 4.
- Horita S, Kusama T, Ban N (2018) Effect of age-related baseline risk on radiation dose response for coronary heart disease. J Radiol Prot 38: 1469-1482.
- 5.
- Ban N, Takahashi F, Sato K, Endo A, Ono K, Hasegawa T, Yoshitake T, Katsunuma Y, Kai M (2011) Development of a web-based CT dose calculator: WAZA-ARI. Radiat Prot Dosimetry 147: 333-337.
- 6.
- Ban N, Kai M (2009) Implication of replicative stress-related stem cell ageing in radiation-induced murine leukaemia. Br J Cancer 101: 363-371.
- 7.
- Ban N, Kai M, Kusama T (1997) Chromosome aberrations in bone marrow cells of C3/He mice at an early stage after whole-body irradiation. J Radiat Res 38: 219-231.
- 8.
- Nakagawa K, Aoki Y, Kusama T, Ban N, Nakagawa S, Sasaki Y (1997) Radiotherapy during pregnancy: effects on fetuses and neonates. Clin Ther 19: 770-777.
- 9.
- Ban N, Sawai S, Aoki Y, Nakagawa K, Kusama T (1997) Dose evaluation of patients receiving total-body irradiation for the pre-treatment of bone marrow transplantation. Radiat Prot Dosimetry 71: 61-64.