A Gradient of Radioactive Contamination in Dolon Village Near the SNTS and Comparison of Computed Dose Values with Instrumental Estimates for the 29 August, 1949 Nuclear Test

Stepanenko, Valeriy; Hoshi, Masaharu; Dubasov, Yuriy V.; Sakaguchi, Aya; Yamamoto, Masayoshi; Orlov, M. Yu.; Bailiff, I.K.; Ivannikov, A.I.; Скворцов, В. Г.; Яськова, Е К; Kryukova, I. G.; Zhumadilov, Kassym; Endo, Satoru; Tanaka, Kenichi; Апсаликов, Казбек Н.; Gusev, Boris I.

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“…For control samples, excess doses are from -66  39 up to 24  39 mGy, for Dolon from -74  38 up to 440  106 mGy, for Mostik from -6432 up to 119 51, for Bodene from -50  38 up to 356  58 mGy, for Semipalatinsk City from 046 up to 26879 (table 2). The experimentally measured individual doses can be compared with the dose reconstruction data, which was demonstrated in previous publications [7,8] and its amount was about 0.5 Gy for Dolon. For Tavriya and Gagarino villages all studied samples have been formed before the date of the nuclear test.…”

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Dosimetry study of East Kazakhstan residents by tooth enamel EPR spectroscopy

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Abstract. The tooth enamel electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) dosimetry method was used to determine accidental doses of population of settlements in the vicinity of the Semipalatinsk Nuclear Test Site (SNTS), Kazakhstan. The influence of four explosions to the populations was included into this report. The distances between investigated settlements and Ground Zero (SNTS) are in the range of 70-200 km from SNTS. Most of settlements (Dolon, Mostik, Bodene, Cheremushki, Kanonerka) are located near the central axis of radioactive fallout trace from the most contaminating surface nuclear test, which was conducted in 29, August 1949. The other settlements located close to radioactive fallout trace result in a surface nuclear tests in 24, August 1956 (Ust-Kamenogorsk, Znamenka, Shemonaikha, Glubokoe, Tavriya, Gagarino), in 12 august 1953 (Sarzhal) and in 7, August 1962 (Akzhar, Kurchatov, Begen, Semenovka, Buras, Grachi). Tooth samples were extracted according to medical recommendations in a course of ordinary dental treatment.

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“…The radioactive dust cloud was transferred by the wind and its gradual precipitation formed several radioactive fallout traces [5][6][7][8]. There is no data describing the dynamics of the precipitation of the dust from the radioactive cloud on the region adjacent to the SNTS.…”

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“…Further progress towards resolving the various dosimetry issues was made at the 3rd Dosimetry Workshop on the SNTS (Semipalatinsk Research, 2006), at which the outcome of an inter-laboratory comparison of retrospective dosimetry measurements was reported (Stepanenko et al, 2006a, Stepanenko et al, 2006band Stepanenko et al, 2006c and evaluated in terms of their potential contribution to dose reconstruction for populations in affected settlements. The techniques applied included luminescence, EPR, biological (dicentric chromosome aberration in lymphocytes) dosimetry and computational modelling based on soil radionuclide contamination data.…”

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Retrospective and emergency dosimetry in response to radiological incidents and nuclear mass-casualty events: A review

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Sholom

McKeever

2016

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Additional information:Use policyThe full-text may be used and/or reproduced, and given to third parties in any format or medium, without prior permission or charge, for personal research or study, educational, or not-for-prot purposes provided that:• a full bibliographic reference is made to the original source • a link is made to the metadata record in DRO • the full-text is not changed in any way The full-text must not be sold in any format or medium without the formal permission of the copyright holders.Please consult the full DRO policy for further details. HIGHLIGHTSReview of the use of luminescence and electron paramagnetic resonance in retrospective and emergency dosimetry.Optically stimulated luminescence (OSL), thermoluminescence (TL) and Electron Paramagnetic Resonance (EPR) results on biological and physical materials.Descriptions of use in emergency and retrospective dosimetry, following large-scale radiological events.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1350448716302359 ABSTRACTThis paper reviews recent research on the application of the physical dosimetry techniques of electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) and luminescence (optically stimulated luminescence, OSL, and thermoluminescence, TL) to determine radiation dose following catastrophic, large-scale radiological events. Such data are used in dose reconstruction to obtain estimates of dose due to the exposure to external sources of radiation, primarily gamma radiation, by individual members of the public and by populations. The EPR and luminescence techniques have been applied to a wide range of radiological studies, including nuclear bomb detonation (e.g., Hiroshima and Nagasaki) nuclear power plant accidents (e.g., Chernobyl), radioactive pollution (e.g., Mayak plutonium facility), and in the future could include terrorist events involving the dispersal of radioactive materials. In this review we examine the application of these techniques in 'emergency' and 'retrospective' modes of operation that are conducted on two distinct timescales. For emergency dosimetry immediate action to evaluate dose to individuals following radiation exposure is required to assess deterministic biological effects and to enable rapid medical triage. Retrospective dosimetry, on the other hand, contributes to the reconstruction of doses to populations and individuals following external exposure, and contributes to the long-term study of stochastic processes and the consequential epidemiological effects. Although internal exposure, via ingestion of radionuclides for example, can be a potentially significant contributor to dose, this review is confined to those dose components arising from exposure to external radiation, which in most studies is gamma radiation.The nascent emergency dosimetry measurement techniques aim to perform direct dose evaluations for individuals who, as members of the public, are most unlikely to be carrying a dosimeter issued for radiation monitoring purposes in the event of a radiation incident. Hence attention has focused on b...

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“…In these circumstances, the primary purpose of the luminescence method is consequently not to infer the dose to individuals, but to elucidate the dosimetry of the environment of the irradiated population. In this way, luminescence data derived from artifacts can contribute to the dose assessment of populations or groups of individuals by providing benchmark values of cumulative absorbed dose for computational modeling simulations for dose reconstruction of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings and settlements contaminated by fallout or accidental exposure to radiation sources (IAEA, 1998;Young and Kerr, 2005;Cullings et al, 2006;Stepanenko et al, 2006b).…”

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BiodosEPR-2006 consensus committee report on biodosimetric methods to evaluate radiation doses at long times after exposure

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Bailiff

Bouville

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'kaev, Alexander V.; Tucker, James D.; and Wieser, Albrecht, "BiodosEPR-2006 consensus committee report on biodosimetric methods to evaluate radiation doses at long times after exposure" (2007 AbstractThe requirements for biodosimetric techniques used at long times after exposure, i.e., 6 months to more than 50 years, are unique compared to the requirements for methods used for immediate dose estimation. In addition to the fundamental requirement that the assay measures a physical or biologic change that is proportional to the energy absorbed, the signal must be highly stable over time to enable reasonably precise determinations of the absorbed dose decades later. The primary uses of these biodosimetric methods have been to support long-term health risk (epidemiologic) studies or to support compensation (damage) claims. For these reasons, the methods must be capable of estimating individual doses, rather than group mean doses. Even when individual dose estimates can be obtained, inter-individual variability remains as one of the most difficult problems in using biodosimetry measurements to rigorously quantify individual exposures. Other important criteria for biodosimetry methods include obtaining samples with minimal invasiveness, low detection limits, and high precision. Cost and other practical limitations generally prohibit biodosimetry measurements on a large enough sample to replace analytical dose reconstruction in epidemiologic investigations. However, these measurements can be extremely valuable as a means to corroborate analytical or model-based dose estimates, to help reduce uncertainty in individual doses estimated by other methods and techniques, and to assess bias in dose reconstruction models. There has been extensive use of three biodosimetric techniques in irradiated populations: EPR (using tooth enamel), FISH (using blood lymphocytes), and GPA (also using blood); these methods have been supplemented with luminescent methods applied to building materials and artifacts. A large number of investigations have used biodosimetric methods many years after external and, to a lesser extent, internal exposure to reconstruct doses received from accidents, from occupational exposures, from environmental releases of radioactive materials, and from medical exposures. In most applications, the intent has been to either identify highly exposed persons or confirmed suspected exposures. Improvements in methodology, however, have led many investigators to attempt quantification of whole-body doses received, or in a few instances, to estimate organ doses. There will be a continued need for new and improved biodosimetric techniques not only to assist in future epidemiologic investigations but to help evaluate the long-term consequences following nuclear accidents or events of radiologic terrorism.

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A Gradient of Radioactive Contamination in Dolon Village Near the SNTS and Comparison of Computed Dose Values with Instrumental Estimates for the 29 August, 1949 Nuclear Test

Cited by 23 publications

References 13 publications

Dosimetry study of East Kazakhstan residents by tooth enamel EPR spectroscopy

Dosimetry study of East Kazakhstan residents by tooth enamel EPR spectroscopy

Retrospective and emergency dosimetry in response to radiological incidents and nuclear mass-casualty events: A review

BiodosEPR-2006 consensus committee report on biodosimetric methods to evaluate radiation doses at long times after exposure

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