The application of retrospective luminescence dosimetry in areas affected by fallout from the semipalatinsk nuclear test site: An evaluation of potential

Health Physics

Volumn 87, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 625-641

  Bailiff, I K ^a   Stepanenko, V F ^b   Goksu H Y ^c   Jungner, H ^d   Balmukhanov, S B ^e   Balmukhanov, T S ^e   Khamidova, L G ^b   Kisilev, V I ^f   Kolyado, I B ^f   Kolizshenkov, T V ^b   Shoikhet, Y N ^f   Tsyb, A F ^b  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b MEDICAL RADIOLOGICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (Russian Federation)

^c INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^e Radiation Research Center   (Kazakhstan)

^f Res Inst Reg Medico Ecol Prob   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Contamination, environmental; Dosimetry; Fallout; Luminescence

Indexed keywords

CESIUM 137;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CERAMICS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DOSIMETRY; GAMMA RADIATION; KAZAKHSTAN; LUMINESCENCE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ABSORPTION; RADIATION DOSE; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTION; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; RADIOMETRY;

KURIA;

LUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; RADIOACTIVE FALLOUT; RADIOMETRY;

EID: 14844316266     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.HP.0000137178.36835.79     Document Type: Article

References (43)

1. Adamiec G, Aitken MJ. Dose-rate conversion factors: update. Ancient TL 16:37-50; 1998.
2. Aitken MJ. Thermoluminescence dating. London: Academic Press; 1985.
3. Aitken MJ. An introduction to optical dating. Oxford: Oxford University Press; 1998.
4. Akselrod MS, Kortov VS, Kravetsky DJ, Gotlib VI. Highly sensitive thermoluminescent anion defect in alpha-Al2O3:C single crystal detector. Radiat Protect Dosim 32:15-20; 1990.
5. Bailiff IK. Retrospective dosimetry with ceramics. Radiat Meas 27:923-941; 1997.
6. Bailiff IK. The development of retrospective luminescence dosimetry for dose reconstruction in areas downwind of Chernobyl. Radiat Protect Dosim 84:411-419; 1999.
7. Bailiff IK. Fallout dose evaluation: gamma dose-rate geometry factors for brick walls. In: Bailiff IK and Stepanenko V, eds. Dose reconstruction for populations in areas contaminated by Chernobyl fallout, Final Report. Durham: University of Durham; European Commission, Contract IC15-CT96-0315; 2001.
8. Bailiff IK, Aitken MJ. The use of TL dosimetry for the evaluation of internal beta dose-rate in archaeological dating. Nucl Inst Meth 173:423-429; 1980.
9. Bailiff IK, Petrov SA. The use of the 210°C TL peak in quartz for retrospective dosimetry. Radiat Protect Dosim 84:551-554; 1999.
10. Bailiff IK, Boetter-Jensen L, Correcher V, Delgado A, Goeksu HY, Jungner H, Petrov SA. Absorbed dose evaluations in retrospective dosimetry: methodological developments using quartz. Radiat Meas 32:609-613; 2000.
11. Bailiff IK, Stepanenko VF, Goeksu HY, Boetter-Jensen L, Brodsky L, Chumack V, Correcher V, Delgado A, Golikov V, Jungner H, Khamidova LG, Kolizshenkov TV, Likhtarev I, Meckbach R, Petrov SA, Sholom S. Comparison of retrospective luminescence dosimetry with computational modeling in two highly contaminated settlements down wind of the Chernobyl NPP. Health Phys 86:25-41; 2003.
12. Boetter-Jensen L, Solongo S, Murray AS, Banerjee D, Jungner H. Using the OSL single-aliquot regenerative-dose protocol with quartz extracted from building materials in retrospective dosimetry. Radiat Meas 32:841-845; 2000.
13. Bouville A, Simon SL, Miller CW, Beck HL, Anspaugh LR, Bennett BG. Estimates of doses from global fallout. Health Phys 82:690-705; 2002.
14. Gilbert ES, Land CE, Simon SL. Health effects from fallout. Health Phys 82:726-735; 2002.
15. Godfrey-Smith DI, Haskell EH. Application of optically stimulated luminescence to the dosimetry of recent radiation events involving low total absorbed doses. Health Phys 65:396-404; 1993.
16. Goksu HY, Bulur E, Wahl W. Environmental beta dosimetry using thin layer alpha-Al2O3 TL detectors. Radiat Protect Dosim 84:451-457; 1999.
17. Goksu HY, Bailiff I, Boetter Jensen L, Huett G. Interlaboratory beta source calibration using TL and OSL on natural quartz. Radiat Meas 24:479-483; 1995.
18. Goksu HY, Schwenk P, Semiochkina N. Investigation of thermal stability of 210°C TL peak of quartz and dating the components of terrazzo from the monastery church of Tegernsee. Radiat Meas 33:785-792; 2001.
19. Gordeev K, Vasilenko I, Lebedev A, Bouville A, Luckyanov N, Simon SL, Stepanov Y, Shinkarev S, Anspaugh L. Fallout from nuclear tests: dosimetry in Kazakhstan. Rad Env Biophysics 41:61-67; 2002.
20. Gusev BI, Abylkassimova Zh, Apsalikov KN. The Semipalatinsk nuclear test site: A first assessment of the radiological situation and the test-related radiation doses in the surrounding territories. Radiat Environ Biophys 36:201-204; 1997.
21. International Commission on Radiation Units and Measurements. Measurement of dose equivalents from external photon and electron radiations. Bethesda, MD: International Commission on Radiation Units and Measurements; ICRU Report 47; 1992.
22. International Commission on Radiation Units and Measurements. Retrospective assessment of exposures to ionising radiation. Bethesda, MD: International Commission on Radiation Units and Measurements; ICRU Report 68; 2002.
23. Ivannikov AI, Zhumadilov Zh, Gusev BI, Miyazawa Ch, Jiao L, Skvortsov VG, Stepanenko VF, Takada J, Hoshi M. Individual dose reconstruction among residents living in the vicinity of the Semipalatinsk nuclear test site using EPR spectroscopy of tooth enamel. Health Phys 83:183-196; 2002.
24. Izrael YuA, Stukin ED. Gamma irradiation of radioactive fallout. Moscow: Atomizdat; 1967 (in Russian).
25. Jacob P, Aragno D, Bailiff IK, Bauchinger M, Boetter-Jensen L, Braselmann H, Claessen S, Darroudi F, Delgado A, Fattibene P, Fayers C, Figgitt M, Goeksu HY, Griffin C, Knehr S, Meckbach R, Mobbs S, Muck K, Natarajan AT, Onori S, Pantelias GE, Penfold J, Petrov SA, Pressello C, Proehl G, Santos S, Savage J, Simmonds JR, Terzoudi G, Tournette C, Wieser A. Dose reconstruction. Neuherberg, Germany: GSF-National Research Center for Environment and Health Publication 03/00; EC-GSF Association Contract FI4P-CT-0011 Final Report; 2000.
26. Kalchgruber R, Goeksu HY, Hochhauser E, Wagner GA. Montoring environmental dose rate using Risoe TL/OSL readers with built-in sources: recommendations for users. Radiat Meas 25:585-590; 2002.
27. Logachev VA. Nuclear tests in USSR; Semipalatinsk Nuclear Test Site. Moscow: FU Medbioekstrem of Ministry of Health; 1997.
28. Logachev VA. Nuclear tests in USSR: Contemporary radioecological state of nuclear test sites. Moscow: FU Medbioekstrem of Ministry of Health; 2002.
29. Meckbach R, Bailiff IK, Goeksu HY, Jacob P, Stoneham D. Calculation and measurement of dose-depth distribution in bricks. Radiat Protect Dosim 66:183-186; 1996.
30. Mejdahl V. Thermoluminescence dating: beta dose attenuation in quartz grains. Archaeometry 21:61-73; 1979.
31. Murray AS, Marten R, Johnston A, Martin P. Analysis for naturally occurring radionuclides at environmental concentrations by gamma spectroscopy. J Radioanalytical Nucl Chem 115:263-288; 1987.
32. Prescott JR, Hutton JT. Cosmic ray and gamma ray dosimetry for TL and ESR. Nucl Tracks Radiat Meas 14:223-227; 1988.
33. Salomaa S, Lindholm C, Tankinmanova MK, Mamyrbaeva Zh, Koivistonen A, Hulten M, Mustonen R, Dubrova YE, Bersimbaev RI. Stable chromosome aberrations in the lymphocytes of population living in the vicinity of the Semipalatinsk nuclear test site. Radiat Res 158:591-596; 2002.
34. Shoikhet YN, Kisilev VI, Loborev VM, Sudakov VV, Algazin AI, Demin VF, Lagutin AA. The 29 August 1949 nuclear test. Radioactive impact on the Altai Region population. Bernaul, Russia: Institute of Regional Medico-Ecological Problems; 1998.
35. Shoikhet YN, Kisilev VI, Loborev VM, Sudakov VV, Algazin AI, Lagutin AA, Zaitsev EV, Kolyado IB, Zelenov VI, Gabbasov MN, Goncharov AI. Nuclear tests at the Semipalatinsk test site. Radiation impact on the Altai Region population. Bernaul, Russia: Institute of Regional Medico-Ecological Problems; 1999.
36. Simon SL, Bouville A. Radiation dose to local populations near nuclear test sites worldwide. Health Phys 82:706-725; 2002.
37. Simon SL, Baverstok KF, Lindholm C. A summary of evidence on radiation exposures received near to Semipalatinsk nuclear weapons test site in Kazakhstan. Health Phys 84:718-725; 2003.
38. Stepanenko VF. Estimation of radiation doses in population for the period 1949-1965. In: Tsyb AF, ed. Report of the Special Interdepartmental Commission: Ecological situation, levels of radiation exposure and health status of the inhabitants of Semipalatinsk region. Obninsk Moscow: Medical Radiological Research Center; 1989: 97-111.
39. Stepanenko VF, Tsyb AF, Pitkevich VA, Orlov MY, Bobovnikova ZI, Silantiev AN, Gaziev YI, Nazarov LE, Snykov VP, Khvalensky YA, Meshkov NA. Radiation exposure of the population of the Semipalatinsk Region as a result of nuclear tests. Report in: Problems of reconstruction of individual radiation doses as a result of large-scale radiation accidents and estimation of radiation risks. Russian-Japan Symposium with participation of CIS (Belarus, Kazakhstan, Ukraine). Moscow: Ministry for Atomic Energy of Russian Federation. Nuclear Safety Research Association of Japan; 1994.
40. Stepanov YS, Bogdanenko NA, Shinkarev SM. Assessment of possible doses to the residents of some settlements incurred by radiation fallout as a result of nuclear weapons testing at the Semipalatinsk Polygon. In: Lindholm C, Simon S, Makar B, Baverstok K, eds. Proceedings of Workshop on dosimetry of the population living in the proximity of the Semipalatinsk atomic weapons test site. Helsinki: Finnish Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority; STUK-A1987; 2002: 28-39.
41. Takada J, Hoshi M, Rozenson R, Endo S, Yamamoto M, Nagatomo T, Imanaka T, Gusev BI, Apsalikov BI, Tchaijunosova NJ. Environmental radiation dose in Semipalatinsk area near Nuclear Test Site. Health Phys 73:524-527; 1997.
42. Takada J, Hoshi M, Yamamoto M. External doses in residential areas around Semipalatinsk nuclear test site. In: Lindholm C, Simon S, Makar B, Baverstok K, eds. Proceedings of a workshop on dosimetry of the population living in the proximity of the Semipalatinsk atomic weapons test site. Helsinki: Finnish Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority; STUK-A187; 2002: 69-77.
43. Tsyb AF, Stepanenko VF, Pitkevich VA, Ispenkov EA, Sevankaev AV, Orlov MY, Dmitriev NV, Sarapultsev IA, Zhigoreva TL, Prokofiev ON, Obukhova ON, Belovodsky LF, Karimov VM, Rezontov VA, Matuschenko AM, Katkov AE, Vyalikh VN, Smagulov SG, Meshkov NA, Saleev AA, Vildanov SE. Around the Semipalatinsk Nuclear Test Site: The radiological situation, radiation exposures of the population in Semipalatinsk Oblast (based on data from the report of the Inter-departmental Commission). Meditsinskaya Radiologiya 35:3-11; 1990.