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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. Comparison of external dose estimates using different retrospective dosimetry methods in the settlements located near Semipalatinsk Nuclear Test Site, Republic of Kazakhstan. J Radiat Res 2024; 65:36-46. [PMID: 37981331 PMCID: PMC10803160 DOI: 10.1093/jrr/rrad082] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2023] [Revised: 10/03/2023] [Indexed: 11/21/2023]
Abstract
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.
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Affiliation(s)
- Valeriy Stepanenko
- A. 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
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- State Research Center - Burnasyan Federal Medical Biophysical Center of Federal Medical Biological Agency, 46 Zhivopisnaya St., Moscow, 123098, Russian Federation
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- National Medical Research Radiological Centre of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, 4 Koroleva St., Obninsk, Kaluga Region, 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 of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, 2nd Botkinsky Drive 3, Moscow, 125284, Russian Federation
| | - Kazbek Apsalikov
- Scientific 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
| | - Sergey Ivanov
- A. 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
- Peoples' Friendship University of Russia, 6 Miklukho-Maklaya St., Moscow, 117198, Russian Federation
| | - Peter Shegay
- National Medical Research Radiological Centre of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, 4 Koroleva St., Obninsk, Kaluga Region, 2490036, Russian Federation
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- Environment and Lifestyle Epidemiology Branch, International Agency for Research on Cancer/WHO, 25 avenue Tony Garnier, Lyon, 69366, France
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- Environment and Lifestyle Epidemiology Branch, International Agency for Research on Cancer/WHO, 25 avenue Tony Garnier, Lyon, 69366, France
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- Scientific 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
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- A. 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
| | - Kassym Zhumadilov
- L.N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University, 13 Munaitpasova St., office 300, Astana, 010008, Republic of Kazakhstan
| | - Masayoshi Yamamoto
- Low-Level Radioactivity Laboratory, Institute of Nature and Environmental Technology, Kanazawa University, Wakemachi O24, Nomi, Ishikawa, 923-1224, Japan
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- Institute of Pure and Applied Sciences, University of Tsukuba 1-1-1 Tennodai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8577, Japan
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- Graduate School of Advanced Science and Engineering, Hiroshima University 1-4-1, Kagamiyama, Higashi, Hiroshima, 739-8527, Japan
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- Research Institute for Radiation Biology and Medicine, 1-2-3, Kasumi, Minami-ku, Hiroshima, 734-8553, Japan
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- Consultant, formerly: Federal Office for Radiation Protection, Germany, Grasmueckenweg 19, 85356 Freising, Germany
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- State Research Center - Burnasyan Federal Medical Biophysical Center of Federal Medical Biological Agency, 46 Zhivopisnaya St., Moscow, 123098, Russian Federation
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- State Research Center - Burnasyan Federal Medical Biophysical Center of Federal Medical Biological Agency, 46 Zhivopisnaya St., Moscow, 123098, Russian Federation
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- Scientific 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
| | - Noriyuki Kawano
- The Center for Peace, Hiroshima University Higashisenda-machi 1-1-89, Naka-ku, Hiroshima, 730-0053, Japan
| | - Masaharu Hoshi
- The Center for Peace, Hiroshima University Higashisenda-machi 1-1-89, Naka-ku, Hiroshima, 730-0053, Japan
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