Medical Radiology and Radiation Safety. 2015. Vol. 60. No. 6. P. 10-14

RADIATION SAFETY

N.K. Shandala¹, D.V. Isaev¹, T.I. Gimadova¹, S.M. Kiselev¹, M.P. Semenova¹, V.A. Seregin¹, A.V. Titov¹, S.B. Zolotukhina², L.A. Zhuravleva², E.A. Khohlova³

Current Radiation Situation in Krasnokamensk

1. A.I. 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. ; 2. Center for Hygiene and Epidemiology No.107 of FMBA, Krasnokamensk, Russia; 3. Inter-regional Management Center No.107 of FMBA, Krasnokamensk, Russia

ABSTRACT

Purpose: to obtain data on radiation exposure of natural radionuclides for Krasnokamensk inhabitants.

Materials and methods: For the purpose of the radiation survey in Krasnokamensk, we used methods of foot gamma shooting, gamma-spectrometric measurements of natural radionuclides in the environment using portable and stationary devices, radiochemical separation of radionuclides and its radiometric measurement.

Results: The survey was carried out in 2011–2013. The following data have been received: gamma dose rate at the area of the city and its neighborhood; specific activities of natural radionuclides in soil; specific activities of radionuclides in foodstuffs. Based on these data, radiation exposure for the inhabitants from natural radiation sources (external exposure, internal exposure due to ingestion of radionuclides via food) was assessed.

Conclusions: The level of intervention (which was established in NRS-99/2009) for drinking water has increased by the total number of natural radionuclides and ²²²Ra concentration in water. The average annual effective dose of the exposure of the inhabitants is 4.8 mSv. According to OSPORB-99/2010, the natural radiation exposure of the inhabitants of Krasnokamensk is somewhere at the boundary of acceptable and increased exposure.

Key words: natural radionuclides, gamma dose rate, inhabitants, radiation situation, average annual effective dose, specific activity

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For citation: Shandala NK, Isaev DV, Gimadova TI, Kiselev SM, Semenova MP, Seregin VA, Titov AV, Zolotukhina SB, Zhuravleva LA, Khohlova EA. Current Radiation Situation in Krasnokamensk. Medical Radiology and Radiation Safety. 2015;60(6):10-4. Russian.

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