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Medical Radiology and Radiation Safety. 2013. Vol. 58. No. 5. P. 11-25
RADIATION SAFETY
Yu.I. Gavrilin
Retrospective Estimation of 131I Integrated Deposition Considering Prolonged Character of Area Contamination
Burnasyan Federal Medical Biophysical Center of FMBA, Moscow, Russia, e-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Abstract
Purpose: Development of reliable method for estimation of integrated 131I deposition considering prolonged fall-out character, first of all, for the areas with density of 137Cs deposition less than 3.7×104 Bq m–2. Those estimates will be used in order to reconstruct the thyroid doses.
Material and methods: We used the results of determination of daily deposition of 131I on plane-tables placed in 43 reference points which were received by the staff of Scientific Production Association “Taifun” from various regions of former USSR being based on treatment with corresponding materials. In addition, the results of determination of 131I and 137Cs activity in soil samples collected by the staff of the Institute of Nuclear Energy (Belarus) and other researchers in various areas at different times after the Chernobyl accident have been used. A new reliable method for estimation of integrated 131I deposition using the simplest way is presented.
Results: 1) It has been shown that the value of the ratio of total activity of 131I (GΣΣ(I)) to the integrated deposition of 131I qΣ(I) reaches its maximum value on 56th day after the Chernobyl accident. For the areas with deposition of 131I more than 4500 Bq m–2 a relationship has been received П =12 while for the areas with deposition of 131I less than 4500 Bq m–2 – П = 11.
2) It has been shown that the transfer from accumulated activity of 131I in soil (GΣГ(I)) on day (t) to the integrated activity of 131I, for example, during 56 days counting from the date of the accident can be taken into account by using the relationship GΣГ(I) × Z = GΣΣ(I). The values of coefficient of Z have been determined for 10 reference (index «O») cities for each day from 26.04 to 12.07.1986 with the values of the integrated deposition of 131I qΣ(I) from 4.3×103 to 2.7×106 Bq m–2.
The measured values of activity GΣГ(I)jх in soil for any day (t) in the vicinity of the settlement «j» located in territory «x» НПjх are compared with the values from Table GΣГ(I)о for reference cities НПо for the same day (t), selecting the most close to the corresponding values of GΣГ(I)о together with corresponding value of Z. The values of integrated deposition for НПjх are assessed according to the relationship qΣ(I)jх = GΣГ(I)jх×Z / П. Clarification of the parameters used is presented in section “Introduction”.
The calculated values of parameter qΣ(I)jх together with corresponding values of parameter qΣ(Cs)jх are used to derive the relationship of qΣ(I)jх versus qΣ(Cs)jх for an area of interest, according to which the integrated deposition of 131I are assessed for НПjх where only integrated values of 137Cs are known.
Conclusion: A simple and reliable method for reconstruction of the integrated deposition of 131I for areas of interest has been developed.
Key words: Chernobyl accident, retrospective dosimetry, deposition of 131I and 137Cs, thyroid gland