Measurements and comparisons of gamma radiation doses in a high and a low 137Cs deposition area in Sweden

Almgren, Sara; Barregård, Lars; Isaksson, Mats

doi:10.1016/j.jenvrad.2008.06.013

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“…A small subset of the measurements at these sites has previously been used to compare model calculations of deposition with measurements and to test a time-dependent model for the migration of 137 Cs in soil . Some of the data from the reference sites have also been used to estimate the radiation dose from radionuclides in the ground; these were compared to dose measurements using thermoluminescence dosimeters (TLD) in a randomly selected sample of adult inhabitants (Almgren et al, 2008).…”

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Long-term investigation of anthropogenic and naturally occurring radionuclides at reference sites in western Sweden

Almgren¹,

Isaksson²

2009

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

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Long-term investigation of anthropogenic and naturally occurring radionuclides at reference sites in western Sweden

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Isaksson²

2009

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

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“…Time fraction spent outdoors for an individual residing in a temperate climate zone. Typical values range between 0.1 and 0.2 for Northern European populations [27][28][29][30][31]. A value of f out = 0.2 was used in this work.…”

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Introduction of a method to calculate cumulative age- and gender-specific lifetime attributable risk (LAR) of cancer in populations after a large-scale nuclear power plant accident

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The effect of age and gender in risk estimates related to long-term residence in areas contaminated by nuclear power plant fallout was evaluated by applying the lifetime attributable risk (LAR) concept to an existing exposure model that was previously used for cumulative effective dose estimates. In this study, we investigated the influence of age distribution on the number of cancer cases by applying five different age distributions from nuclear powerproducing countries (India, Japan, South Korea, and the United States), and Egypt because of intentions to develop nuclear power. The model was also used to estimate the effective dose and gender-specific LAR as a function of time after fallout for the offspring of the population living in 137 Cs fallout areas. The principal findings of this study are that the LAR of cancer incidence (excluding non-fatal skin cancers) over 70 y is about 4.5 times higher for newborn females (5.4% per MBq m-2 of initial 137 Cs ground deposition) than the corresponding values for 30 y old women (1.2% per MBq m-2 137 Cs deposition). The cumulative LAR for newborn males is more than 3 times higher (3.2% versus 1.0% per MBq m-2 137 Cs deposition). The model predicts a generally higher LAR for women until 50 y of age, after which the gender difference converges. Furthermore, the detriment for newborns in the fallout areas initially decreases rapidly (about threefold during the first decade) and then decreases gradually with an approximate half-time of 10-12 y after the first decade. The age distribution of the exposed cohort has a decisive impact on the average risk estimates, and in our model, these are up to about 65% higher in countries with high birth rates compared to low birth rates. This trend implies larger average lifetime attributable risks in countries with a highly proportional younger population. In conclusion, the large dispersion (up to a factor of 4 between newborns and 30 y olds) in the lifetime detriment per unit ground deposition of 137 Cs over gender and age in connection with accidental nuclear releases justifies the

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“…The estimated public dose due to Chernobyl fallout in NE Estonia is in the same order of the magnitude as it is estimated for example in Sweden. The study performed by Almgrena et al (2008) concluded that Chernobyl fallout contributes about 0.2 mSv per year to the personal gamma radiation dose. Using the available data, it is found that 134 Cs, on average, contributes an additional 25e30% of the value for 137 Cs to the time-integrated effective dose from internal contamination (Rääf et al, 2006b).…”

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Determination of dose rate from Chernobyl-derived radiocaesium in Estonian soil

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Realo²

2012

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Measurements and comparisons of gamma radiation doses in a high and a low 137Cs deposition area in Sweden

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Long-term investigation of anthropogenic and naturally occurring radionuclides at reference sites in western Sweden

Long-term investigation of anthropogenic and naturally occurring radionuclides at reference sites in western Sweden

Introduction of a method to calculate cumulative age- and gender-specific lifetime attributable risk (LAR) of cancer in populations after a large-scale nuclear power plant accident

Determination of dose rate from Chernobyl-derived radiocaesium in Estonian soil

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