Electron paramagnetic resonance measurements of absorbed dose in teeth from citizens of Ozyorsk.
Radiat. Environ. Biophys. 53, 321-333 (2014)
In 1945, within the frame of the Uranium Project for the production of nuclear weapons, the Mayak nuclear facilities were constructed at the Lake Irtyash in the Southern Urals, Russia. The nuclear workers of the Mayak Production Association (MPA), who lived in the city of Ozyorsk, are the focus of epidemiological studies for the assessment of health risks due to protracted exposure to ionising radiation. Electron paramagnetic resonance measurements of absorbed dose in tooth enamel have already been used in the past, in an effort to validate occupational external doses that were evaluated in the Mayak Worker Dosimetry System. In the present study, 229 teeth of Ozyorsk citizens not employed at MPA were investigated for the assessment of external background exposure in Ozyorsk. The annually absorbed dose in tooth enamel from natural background radiation was estimated to be (0.7 ± 0.3) mGy. For citizens living in Ozyorsk during the time of routine noble gas releases of the MPA, which peaked in 1953, the average excess absorbed dose in enamel above natural background was (36 ± 29) mGy, which is consistent with the gamma dose obtained by model calculations. In addition, there were indications of possible accidental gaseous MPA releases that affected the population of Ozyorsk, during the early and late MPA operation periods, before 1951 and after 1960.
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Dose Reconstruction ; Mayak Production Association ; Background Radiation ; Radioactive Noble Gas Isotopes ; Epr ; Tooth Enamel; Tooth Enamel; Techa River; Epr Dosimetry; Cancer-mortality; Nuclear Test; Test-site; Mayak Pa; Workers; Dependencies; Population
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english
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2014
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0301-634X
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1432-2099
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30504 - Mechanisms of Genetic and Environmental Influences on Health and Disease
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2014-03-26