دورية أكاديمية

Assessment of the radiological impact of gamma and radon dose rates at former U mining sites in Kyrgyzstan.

التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
العنوان: Assessment of the radiological impact of gamma and radon dose rates at former U mining sites in Kyrgyzstan.
المؤلفون: Lespukh E; Jožef Stefan International Postgraduate School, Jamova 39, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia., Stegnar P, Usubalieva A, Solomatina A, Tolongutov B, Beishenkulova R
المصدر: Journal of environmental radioactivity [J Environ Radioact] 2013 Sep; Vol. 123, pp. 28-36. Date of Electronic Publication: 2012 Dec 20.
نوع المنشور: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
اللغة: English
بيانات الدورية: Publisher: Elsevier Applied Science Publishers Country of Publication: England NLM ID: 8508119 Publication Model: Print-Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1879-1700 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 0265931X NLM ISO Abbreviation: J Environ Radioact Subsets: MEDLINE
أسماء مطبوعة: Original Publication: Barking, Essex : Elsevier Applied Science Publishers,
مواضيع طبية MeSH: Gamma Rays* , Mining*, Radon/*analysis, Kyrgyzstan ; Radiation Monitoring
مستخلص: An assessment of the radiological situation due to exposure to gamma radiation, radon and thoron was carried out at the former uranium mining and processing sites in Shekaftar, Minkush and Kadji Sai in Kyrgyzstan. Gamma dose rate measurements were made using various field instruments and radon/thoron measurements were carried out using discriminative radon ((222)Rn)/thoron ((220)Rn) solid state nuclear track detectors (SSNTD). The detectors were exposed for an extended period of time including at least three seasonal periods in a year, in different outdoor and indoor public and residential environments at the selected uranium legacy sites. The results showed that gamma, Rn and Tn doses were in general low, which consequently implies a low/relatively low radiological risk. The major radiation hazard is represented by abandoned radioactive filtration material that was being used as insulation by some Minkush residents for a longer period of time. Annual radiation doses of several hundred mSv could be received as a consequence of using this material in their houses. The radiation doses deriving from external radiation (gamma dose rate), indoor radon and thoron with their short-lived progenies in several cases exceeded national as well as international standards. Current doses of ionizing radiation do not represent any serious hazard to the health of the resident public, but this issue should be adequately addressed to further reduce needless exposure of resident public to ionizing radiation.
(Copyright © 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.)
المشرفين على المادة: Q74S4N8N1G (Radon)
تواريخ الأحداث: Date Created: 20121225 Date Completed: 20131024 Latest Revision: 20131121
رمز التحديث: 20231215
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2012.11.013
PMID: 23260850
قاعدة البيانات: MEDLINE
الوصف
تدمد:1879-1700
DOI:10.1016/j.jenvrad.2012.11.013