Monitoring of Radioactive Substances in Foods Distributed in Kyoto, Japan (1991–2011)—Comparison of Detection Rates and Concentrations before and after the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant Accident—

Title: Monitoring of Radioactive Substances in Foods Distributed in Kyoto, Japan (1991–2011)—Comparison of Detection Rates and Concentrations before and after the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant Accident—

Author: Yukinori BANNO, Mikio NAMIKAWA, Mariko MIWA, Soichirou BAN, Taichi ORITO, Shunsuke SEMURA, Masahiro KAWAKAMI, Naoya DOI, Shiro MIYAKE, Yasuhiro ISHIKAWA

Reference: Food Hygiene and Safety Science (Shokuhin Eiseigaku Zasshi), Vol. 54 (2013) No. 3 p. 178-187

Doi:http: http://dx.doi.org/10.3358/shokueishi.54.178

Keywords: Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant accident, Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant accident, radioactive substance, radioactive iodine, radioactive cesium

Abstract: Since the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant accident, radioactive substances have been continually monitored in foods collected in the city of Kyoto, Japan. The importance of the monitoring was increased by the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant accident in March 2011. Here, the detection rates and concentrations of radioactive substances were compared among food samples collected before and after the accident in Fukushima prefecture.

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Problems of iodine prophylaxis in Russia in case of radiation accident

Title: Problems of iodine prophylaxis in Russia in case of radiation accident

Author: Iljin L.A., Lyaginskaya A.M., Vasilenko I.Yu., Osipov V.A., Ermalitsky A.P., Savkin M.N., Grachev M.I., Avetisov G.M.

Reference: Journal «МЕДИЦИНА КАТАСТРОФ»　No.: 1-2 : 2006,

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Keywords: POTASSIUM IODIDE,   IODINE PROPHYLAXIS,   RADIOACTIVE IODINE,   THYROID GLAND

Abstract:  The authors describe validity of the principles of the existing iodine prophylaxis in this country, levels of intervention and adopted doses of protective preparations from the point of view of modern knowledge. They state that possibility of cancer diseases progress may be reduced or even totally prevented using iodine pro-phylaxis, and to the larger extent using it in combination with other protective measures; the main principle of iodine prophylaxis must be an achievement of a ma-ximum effect using minimum doses of potassium iodide for each age cohort.

URL: http://elibrary.ru/item.asp?id=11601306

Administration of stable iodine to the population around the Chernobyl nuclear power plant

Title: Administration of stable iodine to the population around the Chernobyl nuclear power plant

Author: F A Mettler Jr / H D Royal / J R Hurley / F Khafagi / M C Sheppard / V Beral / G Reeves / (…) / A Cheban

Reference: Journal of Radiological Protection, 12 (3), p.159-165, Sep 1992

doi: 10.1088/0952-4746/12/3/005

Keywords: radioactive iodine

Abstract: A very large amount (2.5 × 1017 Bq) of radioactive iodine was released as a result of the Chernobyl accident in 1986. An effective protective action that may be employed to reduce the potential radiation dose to the thyroid gland after a serious nuclear reactor accident is the administration of stable iodide in the form of potassium iodide (KI)..Potassium iodide was reportedly given to nearly five and a half million persons after the Chernobyl accident. During the International Chernobyl Project, medical investigators asked the general population in both highly contaminated and control settlements about thyroid prophylaxis. Only 25% of persons currently living in the most contaminated regions reported taking potassium iodide. Sixty-six percent indicated that they did not take potassium iodide and 9% were uncertain. Of those who took stable iodine prophylactically, 44% indicated that it was in solution, 44% that it was in tablets and 12% did not remember how it was administered. Only about one third of persons were able to indicate the duration of time that they took such medication. The average was 6.2 days. It appears that iodine prophylaxis will not have a major impact on estimated collective thyroid doses to the general population living around the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. The impact that distribution of KI had upon plant and emergency accident workers remains unknown to us.

URL: http://iopscience.iop.org/0952-4746/12/3/005/

Equal induction and persistence of chromosome aberrations involving chromosomes 1, 4 and 10 in thyroid cancer patients treated with radioactive iodine

Title: Equal induction and persistence of chromosome aberrations involving chromosomes 1, 4 and 10 in thyroid cancer patients treated with radioactive iodine

Author: Puerto, S / Marcos, R / Ramı́rez, M.J / Galofré, P / Creus, A / Surrallés, J
Reference: Mutation Research/Genetic Toxicology and Environmental Mutagenesis, 469 (1), p.147-158, Aug 2000

doi: 10.1016/S1383-5718(00)00064-4

Keywords: Chromosome aberrations; Painting; Persistence; Radioactive iodine; Thyroid cancer

Abstract: …developing thyroid cancer [22,23…incidence of thyroid cancer has been reported…result of the Chernobyl nuclear power…radiation after the Chernobyl disaster and…bioaccumulation in the thyroid gland, it…in thyroid cancer. The uptake…

URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1383571800000644