Results of EPR Dosimetry for Population in the Vicinity of the Most Contaminating Radioactive Fallout Trace After the First Nuclear Test in the Semipalatinsk Test Site | Zendy

А. Yu. Ivannikov | Zendy; Кassym Zhumadilov | Zendy; Eldana Tieliewuhan | Zendy; Ling Jiao | Zendy; Dinara Zharlyganova | Zendy; Kazbek Apsalikov | Zendy; G. Berekenova | Zendy; Zhaxybay Zhumadilov | Zendy; Shin Toyoda | Zendy; C Miyazawa | Zendy; Э. В. Скворцов | Zendy; Valeriy Stepanenko | Zendy; Satoru Endo | Zendy; Kenichi Tanaka | Zendy; Masaharu Hoshi | Zendy

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Results of EPR Dosimetry for Population in the Vicinity of the Most Contaminating Radioactive Fallout Trace After the First Nuclear Test in the Semipalatinsk Test Site

Author(s) -

А. Yu. Ivannikov,

Кassym Zhumadilov,

Eldana Tieliewuhan,

Ling Jiao,

Dinara Zharlyganova,

Kazbek Apsalikov,

G. Berekenova,

Zhaxybay Zhumadilov,

Shin Toyoda,

C Miyazawa,

Э. В. Скворцов,

Valeriy Stepanenko,

Satoru Endo,

Kenichi Tanaka,

Masaharu Hoshi

Publication year - 2006

Publication title -

journal of radiation research

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.643

H-Index - 60

eISSN - 1349-9157

pISSN - 0449-3060

DOI - 10.1269/jrr.47.a39

Subject(s) - nuclear test , radioactive fallout , radiochemistry , nuclear medicine , test site , radioactive contamination , dosimetry , population , radiation dose , tooth enamel , enamel paint , chemistry , medicine , radionuclide , nuclear physics , physics , dentistry , geology , environmental health , seismology

The method of electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectroscopy for tooth enamel is applied to individual radiation dose determination to residents of two villages (Dolon and Mostik) in the vicinity of the Semipalatinsk nuclear test site in Kazakhstan. These villages are located near the central axis of the radioactive fallout trace of the most contaminating surface nuclear test conducted in 1949. It is found that excess doses obtained by subtraction of natural background dose from dose absorbed in enamel range up to 440 mGy to residents of Dolon, whose enamel was formed before 1949, and do not exceed 120 mGy to younger residents. To residents of Mostik, excess doses do not exceed 100 mGy regardless of age except for one resident with an extremely high dose of 1.25 Gy. These results are in agreement with the pattern of radioactive contamination of the territory after the nuclear test of 1949 except one case of extremely high dose, which should be additionally investigated.

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