Comparison of external dose estimates using different retrospective dosimetry methods in the settlements located near Semipalatinsk Nuclear Test Site, Republic of Kazakhstan
Stepanenko V. Shinkarev S. Kaprin A. Apsalikov K. Ivanov S. Shegay P. Ostroumova E. Kesminiene A. Lipikhina A. Bogacheva V. Zhumadilov K. Yamamoto M. Sakaguchi A. Endo S. Fujimoto N. Grosche B. Iatsenko V. Androsova A. Apsalikova Z. Kawano N. Hoshi M.
1 January 2024Oxford University Press
Journal of Radiation Research
2024#65Issue 136 - 46 pp.
For correct assessment of health risks after low-dose irradiation, calculation of radiation exposure estimates is crucial. To verify the calculated absorbed doses, instrumental methods of retrospective dosimetry are used. We compared calculated and instrumental-based estimates of external absorbed doses in the residents of Dolon, Mostik and Cheremushki villages, Kazakhstan, affected by the first nuclear weapon test performed at the Semipalatinsk Nuclear Test Site (SNTS) on August 29, 1949. The ‘instrumental’ doses were retrospectively estimated using the Luminescence Retrospective Dosimetry (LRD) and Electron Spin Resonance (ESR) methods. Correlation between the calculated individual cumulative external absorbed whole-body doses based on typical input data and ESR-based individual doses in the same people was strong (r = 0.782). It was even stronger between the calculated doses based on individual questionnaires’ input data and the ESR-based doses (r = 0.940). Application of the LRD method is useful for validation of the calculated settlement-average cumulated external absorbed dose to air. Reconstruction of external exposure can be supplemented with the data from later measurements of soil contamination with long-lived radionuclides, such as, 137Cs. Our results show the reliability of the calculational method used for the retrospective assessment of individual external doses.
external dose , nuclear weapon tests , population exposure , radioactive fallout , retrospective dosimetry
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A. Tsyb Medical Radiological Research Centre, Branch of the National Medical Research Radiological Centre, The Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, 4 Koroleva St., Kaluga Region, Obninsk, 2490036, Russian Federation
State Research Center, Burnasyan Federal Medical Biophysical Center, Federal Medical Biological Agency, 46 Zhivopisnaya St., Moscow, 123098, Russian Federation
National Medical Research Radiological Centre of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, 4 Koroleva St., Kaluga Region, Obninsk, 2490036, Russian Federation
Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia, 6 Miklukho-Maklaya St., Moscow, 117198, Russian Federation
P.A. Hertzen Moscow Oncology Research Institute, Branch of the National Medical Research Radiological Centre, The Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, 2nd Botkinsky Drive 3, Moscow, 125284, Russian Federation
Scientific Research Institute of Radiation Medicine and Ecology, The Non-Commercial Joint-Stock Company «Semey Medical University», 258 Gagarin St., Semey, 071407, Kazakhstan
Environment and Lifestyle Epidemiology Branch, International Agency for Research on Cancer, WHO, 25 avenue Tony Garnier, Lyon, 69366, France
L.N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University, 13 Munaitpasova St., office 300, Astana, 010008, Kazakhstan
Low-Level Radioactivity Laboratory, Institute of Nature and Environmental Technology, Kanazawa University, Wakemachi O24, Ishikawa, Nomi, 923-1224, Japan
Institute of Pure and Applied Sciences, University of Tsukuba, 1-1-1 Tennodai, Ibaraki, Tsukuba, 305-8577, Japan
Graduate School of Advanced Science and Engineering, Hiroshima University, 1-4-1, Kagamiyama, Higashi, Hiroshima, 739-8527, Japan
Research Institute for Radiation Biology and Medicine, 1-2-3, Kasumi, Minami-ku, Hiroshima, 734-8553, Japan
Federal Office for Radiation Protection, Germany, Grasmueckenweg 19, Freising, 85356, Germany
The Center for Peace, Hiroshima University, Higashisenda-machi 1-1-89, Naka-ku, Hiroshima, 730-0053, Japan
A. Tsyb Medical Radiological Research Centre
State Research Center
National Medical Research Radiological Centre of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation
Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia
P.A. Hertzen Moscow Oncology Research Institute
Scientific Research Institute of Radiation Medicine and Ecology
Environment and Lifestyle Epidemiology Branch
L.N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University
Low-Level Radioactivity Laboratory
Institute of Pure and Applied Sciences
Graduate School of Advanced Science and Engineering
Research Institute for Radiation Biology and Medicine
Federal Office for Radiation Protection
The Center for Peace
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