Regulatory radiation risks for the population and natural objects within the semipalatinsk test site

Spiridonov, S. I.; Tetenkin, V. L.; Mukusheva, M. K.; Epifanova, I. E.

doi:10.1051/radiopro/20095049

Radioprotection

2009

DOI: 10.1051/radiopro/20095049

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Regulatory radiation risks for the population and natural objects within the semipalatinsk test site

S. I. Spiridonov

V. L. Tetenkin

M. K. Mukusheva

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Abstract: Abstract. Advisability of using risks as indicators for estimating radiation impacts on environmental objects and humans has been justified. Results are presented from identification of dose burdens distribution to various cohorts of the population living within the Semipalatinsk Test Site (STS) and consuming contaminated farm products. Parameters of dose burden distributions are estimated for areas of livestock grazing and the most contaminated sectors within these areas. Dose distributions to meadow plants f… Show more

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“…An approach in which the dose loads are compared with dose criteria was used for quantitative assessments of the actions [10,13].…”

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Generalized Approach to Comparative Assessment of the Effect of Radiation from Nuclear Fuel Cycles on Biota

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An approach to evaluating a generalized index of the radiation effect of NFC objects on biota is proposed. The effect of the radiation factor on the collection of representative natural organisms belonging to difference taxonomic groups is taken into account. The change in the proposed index for individual actinides fl owing with activity 1 MBq into the environment and their decay products is calculated. The actinides present in spent fuel are considered in the calculations: 241,242m,242,243 Am,[242][243][244][245][246][247][248] 237 Np,[238][239][240][241][242]244 Pu, and 235,236,238 U. The index developed is suitable for radioecological assessment of the objects of open and closed fuel cycles. The results of such assessment are an important element of the environmental validation of new nuclear power technologies.A condition for the development of nuclear power, together with economic competitiveness, full use of the raw material potential, and technological support of the nonproliferation regime is environmental acceptability [1]. The objects of the nuclear fuel cycle (NFC) have a multifactorial effect on the environment. However, society focuses on the radiation factor, which is specifi c to nuclear power generation [2].The most important environmental problem is to reduce the activity of long-lived high-level wastes which are subject to disposal. Their activity can be reduced by means of transmutation technologies [3]. The objective is to attain equality of the potential biological danger of the wastes and natural raw material (comparison of the initial and fi nal stages of the fuel cycle) [4]. In developing this concept taking account of the dose loads on the general population and the biota one can talk about striving toward radioecological equivalence in the raw-material-wastes system [5].In a more general formulation of the problem, on the level of management of radioactive materials in a complete cycle it is expedient to use the principle of integral comparative assessment of different scenarios of the development of nuclear power [6]. This principle consists in the evaluation of the radioecological safety of open and closed NFC taking account of the following: 1) the set of objects comprising the NFC (from mining the raw materials to disposal of the wastes); 2) different regimes of functioning of NFC objects, including analysis of the consequences of accidental emissions; and 3) effect on not only humans but also living objects of the environment. In this formulation, the problem can be defi ned as radioecological validation of new nuclear energy technologies, which is of complex and research character, in contrast to the problems associated with radiation monitoring or prediction of the consequences of radioactive emissions for particular objects of the NFC [7,8].

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Assessment of Dose Loads of Water Bodies Plants at the Semipalatinsk Test Site Territory

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Mamyrbayeva

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The paper presents results calculated for radiation exposure of plants (aquatic, aero-aquatic and coastal) growing at man-made and naturally occurring water bodies at the Semipalatinsk Test Site (STS). The peak overall exposure dose rate was 0.078 mGy/day for coastal plants of man-made water bodies that resulted from off-normal situations during underground nuclear tests. As part of the conservative assessment, the peak overall exposure dose rate was 1.3 mGy/day for aquatic plants of man-made water bodies that resulted from excavation blasts. A publication by the International Commission on Radiological Protection says that there is no information on the manifestation of any effects for the dose rate range of 0.01 to 10 mGy/day for these plant species. Based upon findings, exposure doses to plants calculated from the radioecological survey of STS water bodies were found to be well below the threshold level of the ‘dose limit’ from different reported data. The output indicates that nothing threatens (endangers) the ecosystem health of STS water bodies.

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Regulatory radiation risks for the population and natural objects within the semipalatinsk test site

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Generalized Approach to Comparative Assessment of the Effect of Radiation from Nuclear Fuel Cycles on Biota

Generalized Approach to Comparative Assessment of the Effect of Radiation from Nuclear Fuel Cycles on Biota

Assessment of Dose Loads of Water Bodies Plants at the Semipalatinsk Test Site Territory

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