Retrospective dosimetry of populations exposed to reactor accident: Chernobyl example, lesson for Fukushima

Title: Retrospective dosimetry of populations exposed to reactor accident: Chernobyl example, lesson for Fukushima

Author: Vadim V. Chumak

Reference: Radiation Measurements, In Press, Corrected Proof,Jul 2012

DOI: 10.1016/j.radmeas.2012.07.004

Keywords: Dosimetry; Retrospective dosimetry; External exposure; Nuclear accident; Chernobyl; Fukushima

Abstract: ► Retrospective dosimetry in Chernobyl was applied for evaluation of individual doses to evacuees. ► Retrospective dosimetry in Chernobyl was applied for validation of ecological dosimetric models, rejection dubious dose rate records. ► Retrospective dosimetry in Chernobyl was applied for risk assessment of leukemia among Chernobyl clean-up workers (liquidators). ► Retrospective dosimetry in Chernobyl was applied for study of cataracts among liquidators. ► Experience of dose reconstruction in Chernobyl could be used for retrospective assessment of exposures in Fukushima.

URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1350448712002107

Iodine-129 in soils from Northern Ukraine and the retrospective dosimetry of the iodine-131 exposure after the Chernobyl accident

• Title: Iodine-129 in soils from Northern Ukraine and the retrospective dosimetry of the iodine-131 exposure after the Chernobyl accident

Author: Michel, R. / Handl, J. / Ernst, T. / Botsch, W. / Szidat, S. / Schmidt, A. / Jakob, D. / (…) / López-Gutiérrez, J.M.

Reference: Science of The Total Environment, 340 (1-3), p.35-55, Mar 2005

doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2004.08.006

Keywords: Iodine-129; Iodine-131; Accelerator mass spectrometry; Radiochemical neutron activation analysis; Retrospective dosimetry; Radionuclide migration

Abstract: Forty-eight soil profiles down to a depth of 40 cm were taken in Russia and Ukraine in 1995 and 1997, respectively, in order to investigate the feasibility of retrospective dosimetry of the ¹³¹I exposure after the Chernobyl accident via the long-lived ¹²⁹I. The sampling sites covered areas almost not affected by fallout from the Chernobyl accident such as Moscow/Russia and the Zhitomir district in Ukraine as well as the highly contaminated Korosten and Narodici districts in Ukraine.

URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S004896970400590X