External radiation dose reconstruction for settlements near the Semipalatinsk nuclear test site, Kazakhstan, in the international multicenter study: a detailed review and comparative analysis of the initial data.
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Valeriy StepanenkoA. Tsyb Medical Radiological Research Centre - Branch of the National Medical Research Radiological Centre of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, 4 Koroleva St., Obninsk, Kaluga Region, 2490036, Russian Federation.ORCID 0000-0002-6761-378X
Sergey ShinkarevState Research Center - Burnasyan Federal Medical Biophysical Center of Federal Medical Biological Agency, 46 Zhivopisnaya St., Moscow, 123098, Russian Federation.ORCID 0000-0003-0844-4733
Alexandra LipikhinaScientific Research Institute of Radiation Medicine and Ecology of the non-commercial joint-stock company «Semey Medical University», 258 Gagarin St., Semey, 071407, Republic of Kazakhstan.ORCID 0000-0001-6980-999X
Kazbek ApsalikovScientific Research Institute of Radiation Medicine and Ecology of the non-commercial joint-stock company «Semey Medical University», 258 Gagarin St., Semey, 071407, Republic of Kazakhstan.ORCID 0000-0001-5759-6325
Andrey KaprinNational Medical Research Radiological Centre of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, 4 Koroleva St., Obninsk, Kaluga Region, 2490036, Russian Federation.ORCID 0000-0001-8784-8415
Sergey IvanovA. Tsyb Medical Radiological Research Centre - Branch of the National Medical Research Radiological Centre of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, 4 Koroleva St., Obninsk, Kaluga Region, 2490036, Russian Federation.
Peter ShegayNational Medical Research Radiological Centre of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, 4 Koroleva St., Obninsk, Kaluga Region, 2490036, Russian Federation.ORCID 0000-0001-9755-1164
Evgenia OstroumovaEnvironment and Lifestyle Epidemiology Branch, International Agency for Research on Cancer/WHO, 25 avenue Tony Garnier, Lyon, 69366, France.ORCID 0000-0003-4729-1733
Viktoria BogachevaA. Tsyb Medical Radiological Research Centre - Branch of the National Medical Research Radiological Centre of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, 4 Koroleva St., Obninsk, Kaluga Region, 2490036, Russian Federation.ORCID 0000-0002-2901-8488
Yuliya BraitScientific Research Institute of Radiation Medicine and Ecology of the non-commercial joint-stock company «Semey Medical University», 258 Gagarin St., Semey, 071407, Republic of Kazakhstan.ORCID 0000-0001-8988-732X
Kassym ZhumadilovL.N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University, 13 Munaitpasova St., Office 300, Astana, 010008, Republic of Kazakhstan.ORCID 0000-0002-0205-4585
Masayoshi YamamotoLow-Level Radioactivity Laboratory, Institute of Nature and Environmental Technology, Kanazawa University, Wakemachi O24, Nomi, Ishikawa, 923-1224, Japan.
Aya SakaguchiInstitute of Pure and Applied Sciences, University of Tsukuba 1-1-1 Tennodai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8577, Japan.ORCID 0000-0003-1518-4028
Satoru EndoGraduate School of Advanced Science and Engineering, Hiroshima University 1-4-1, Kagamiyama, Higashi, Hiroshima, 739-8527, Japan.ORCID 0000-0001-5961-681X
Nariaki FujimotoResearch Institute for Radiation Biology and Medicine, 1-2-3, Kasumi, Minami-ku, Hiroshima, 734-8553, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-8570-4001
Bernd GroscheConsultant, formerly: Federal Office for Radiation Protection, Germany, Grasmueckenweg 19, 85356 Freising, Germany.
Vladimir IatsenkoState Research Center - Burnasyan Federal Medical Biophysical Center of Federal Medical Biological Agency, 46 Zhivopisnaya St., Moscow, 123098, Russian Federation.
Alla AndrosovaState Research Center - Burnasyan Federal Medical Biophysical Center of Federal Medical Biological Agency, 46 Zhivopisnaya St., Moscow, 123098, Russian Federation.
Noriyuki KawanoThe Center for Peace, Hiroshima University Higashisenda-machi 1-1-89, Naka-ku, Hiroshima, 730-0053, Japan.ORCID 0000-0003-2048-9547
Masaharu HoshiThe Center for Peace, Hiroshima University Higashisenda-machi 1-1-89, Naka-ku, Hiroshima, 730-0053, Japan.ORCID 0000-0001-6978-0883
Funding
Environmental Radioactivity Research Network Center (ERAN) F-22-14Environmental Radioactivity Research Network Center (ERAN) F-23-14Environmental Radioactivity Research Network Center (ERAN) F-24-04Environmental Radioactivity Research Network Center (ERAN) I-24-09Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (KAKENHI) 19H01149Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (KAKENHI) JP26257501Ministry of Science and High Education of the Republic of Kazakhstan AP19678341World Health Organization 001
6 · The paper itself
Abstract
Studies on health effects of radiation exposure to residents around the Semipalatinsk nuclear test site (SNTS), Kazakhstan, are necessary for epidemiological assessment of radiation-related health risks after low-dose irradiation. Radiation dose estimates are the principal point for radiation epidemiological studies. These estimates should be based on the most reliable initial data, used for dose estimations. The comparative critical analysis of various available archival and published initial data, namely values of historical exposure dose rates and values of soil contamination by 137Cs in considered settlements, including information about dates, times and locations of measurements, was performed with the aim to select most reliable and realistic initial data necessary for estimation of settlement-average accumulated external doses for some settlements located in the vicinity of radioactive clouds' trajectories related to the most significant tests at the SNTS. Results of estimation of accumulated external radiation dose to air, based on these selected initial data, are presented for 18 settlements. Calculated accumulated external doses were compared with retrospective instrumental dose estimates for settlements, where data on TL/OSL luminescence retrospective dosimetry with quartz-containing samples or electron spin resonance (ESR) dosimetry with tooth enamel were available. Estimation of settlement-average external radiation dose to air is the first important step necessary for the next step-individualized radiation dose estimations among different age, professional and ethnic-specific groups of population lived in the study settlements considering behavior, shielding, location and relocation factors in each population group. This is a subject of future work.
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InternationalityNuclear WeaponsRadiation DosageRadiation MonitoringHumansKazakhstanSoil Pollutants, RadioactiveSoil Pollutants, Radioactive137Cs soil contaminationaccumulated radiation dose to airESR and TL/OSL dosimetryexposure dose ratesretrospective dosimetrySemipalatinsk nuclear test site
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