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Hiller, M.* ; Woda, C. ; Degteva, M.* ; Bugrov, N.* ; Shishkina, E.* ; Pryakhin, E.* ; Ivanov, O.*

External dose reconstruction at the shore of the Metlinsky Pond in the former village of Metlino (Techa River, Russia) based on environmental surveys, luminescence measurements and radiation transport modelling.

Radiat. Environ. Biophys. 61, 87–109 (2022)
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The cohorts of people formerly living at the Techa River shoreline in the Southern Urals, Russia, are widely studied cohorts for the investigation of low-dose radiation effects to human health. The nuclear facilities of the Mayak Production Association (PA) discharged their radioactive effluents into the nearby Techa River, especially in the first years of operation. Health status of cohort member data is constantly being improved and updated. Consequently, there is a need to also improve and verify the underlying dosimetry, which gives information about the dose of cohort members. For the Techa River population, the dosimetry is handled in the Techa River Dosimetry System (TRDS). The present work shows results of a feasibility study to validate the TRDS at the location of the village of Metlino, a village just 7 km downstream from the Mayak PA. For this settlement there were two sources of external exposure, the contaminated banks of the Techa River and the contaminated shoreline of the nearby Metlinsky Pond. In the present study the north-western wall of a granary was used as a dose archive to validate dose estimates. Measurements of doses in brick accumulated over many decades and measurements of the current dose rate in bricks were combined with dose rate measurements in air above ground in front of the granary, historical contamination data and Monte-Carlo simulations. Air kerma estimates for 1949-1956 significantly different from zero could not be reconstructed for the Metlinsky Pond shoreline near the granary, but an upper dose limit could be estimated. Implications for TRDS-2016 are discussed.
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Publication type Article: Journal article
Document type Scientific Article
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Keywords External Dose Reconstruction ; Historic Dose Reconstruction ; Monte Carlo Simulations ; Radiation Transport Calculations ; Retrospective Dosimetry ; Techa River Dosimetry System; Mayak-production-association; Contamination; Dosimetry; Epr
ISSN (print) / ISBN 0301-634X
e-ISSN 1432-2099
Journal Radiation and Environmental Biophysics
Quellenangaben Volume: 61, Issue: , Pages: 87–109 Article Number: , Supplement: ,
Publisher Springer
Publishing Place One New York Plaza, Suite 4600, New York, Ny, United States
Non-patent literature Publications
Reviewing status Peer reviewed
Institute(s) Institute of Radiation Medicine (IRM)
Grants European Community's Sixth Framework Program
Russian Health Studies Program of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) under Joint Coordinating Committee for Radiation Effects Research Project 1.1, Techa River Population Dosimetry