Toward the solution of radiation dose assessment to the residents living around the former USSR's nuclear test site

2009 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 19404005
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Section: 海外学術
• Research Field: Risk sciences of radiation/Chemicals
• Research Institution: Kanazawa University
• Principal Investigator: YAMAMOTO Masayoshi Kanazawa University, 環日本海域環境研究センター, 教授 (10121295)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): HOSHI Masaharu 広島大学, 原爆放射線医科研究所, 教授 (50099090) ; ENDO Satoru 広島大学, 原爆放射線医科研究所, 准教授 (90243609) ; IMANAKA Tetsuji 京都大学, 原子炉実験所, 助教 (90109083)
• Project Period (FY): 2007 – 2009
• Keywords: 旧ソ連核実験場 / セミパラチンスク / 低線量率・低線量被曝 / 被曝線量評価 / 土壌,残留放射性核種

Research Abstract

旧ソ連核実験場周辺住民の長期低線量率・低線量放射線被曝の健康・リスク評価を行うための基礎研究として、被曝を受けた周辺集落住民の出来るだけ正確な被曝線量を評価することを目的とした。この目的達成のために、最も大きな被害を被ったドロン村を中心に、南の集落、サルジャール村、カラウル村できめ細かな土壌サンプリングを行い、放射性雲の通過したセンター軸の位置,幅、さらに降下量を明らかにし,被曝線量を推定した。

Research Products

• [Journal Article] Uranium isotopes in well water samples as drinking sources in some settlements around the Semipalatinsk Nuclear Test Site, Kazakhstan (2010)
  • Author(s): M. Yamamoto, J. Tomita, A. Sakaguchi, Y. Ohtsuka, M. Hoshi, K.N. Apsalikov
  • Journal Title: J. Radioanal. Nucl. Chem.
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] M. Yamamoto; Radionuclides of the settlements in the Semipalatinsk historical cohort: Laying stress on Sarzhal and Karaul settlements in the southern area (2010)
  • Author(s): K. Kawai, K. Mino, S. Oikawa, T. Imanaka, M. Hoshi, A. Sakaguchi, K.N. Apsalikov, M. Yamamoto
  • Journal Title: Proceedings of the International Workshop on Low-level Measurements and Its Application to Earth and Environmental Sciences Pages: ISBN-978-4-924861-23-7
• [Journal Article] Determination of 239Pu/240Pu isotopic ratios in human tissues collected from areas around the Semipalatinsk Nuclear Test Site by sector-field high resolution ICP-MS (2008)
  • Author(s): M. Yamamoto, S. Oikawa, A. Sakaguchi, J. Tomita, M. Hoshi, K.N. Apsalikov
  • Journal Title: Health Phys. 95 Pages: 291-299
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Iodine-129 measurements in soil samples from Dolon village near the Semipalatinsk Nuclear Test Site (2008)
  • Author(s): S. Endo, J. Tomita, K. Tanaka, M. Yamamoto, S. Fukutani, T. Imanaka, A. Sakaguchi, H. Amano, H. Kawamura, H. Kawamura, K.N. Apsalikov, B.I. Gusev, N.E. Whitehead, S. Shinkarev, M. Hoshi
  • Journal Title: Radiat. Environ. Biophys. 47 Pages: 359-365
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Spatial distribution of soil contamination by 137Cs and 239, 240Pu in the village of Dolon near the Semipalatinsk Nuclear Test Site: New information on traces of the radioactive plume from the 29 August 1949 Nuclear Test (2008)
  • Author(s): M. Yamamoto, J. Tomita, A. Sakaguchi, T. Imanaka, S. Fukutani, S. Endo, K. Tanaka, M. Hoshi, B.I. Gusev, N.A. Apsalikov
  • Journal Title: Health Phys. 94 Pages: 328-327
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Presentation] Characteristics of residual radionuclides in soil in Sarzhal and Karaul villages affected mainly by the USSR first hydrogen atomic bomb in 1953 (2010)
  • Author(s): M. Yamamoto, K. Kawai, K. Mino, S. Oikawa, T. Imanaka, A. Sakaguchi, M. Hoshi, P. Steier, K.N. Apsalikov
  • Organizer: 15th Hiroshima International Symposium: Semipalatinsk and Other Radiation Studies
  • Place of Presentation: Hiroshima Univ.
  • Year and Date: 2010-03-05
• [Presentation] Reconstruction of radiation situation due to local fallout deposition in settlements around the Semipalatinsk nuclear test site (2009)
  • Author(s): T. Imanaka, M. Yamamoto, K. Kawai, M. Hoshi, N. Chaizhzhunsova, G. Bilyalova, K.N. Apsalokov
  • Organizer: Kazakhstan
  • Place of Presentation: Radiocon-090, USA
  • Year and Date: 2009-05-02
• [Presentation] Estimation of the fallout level of U-236 in surface soil: Ishikawa and Hiroshima (2009)
  • Author(s): S. Sakguchi, M. Yamamoto, P. Steier, K. Kawai, M. Hoshi
  • Organizer: Japan, Workshop on black rain of Hiroshima atomic bomb and related studies
  • Place of Presentation: Hiroshima Univ.
  • Year and Date: 2009-03-27
• [Presentation] Radionuclide contamination of the settlements where Semipalatinsk historical cohort resided- laying stress on Salzhal a6nd Karaul (2009)
  • Author(s): M. Yamamoto, K. Mino, J. Tomita, T. Imanaka, S. Endo, H. Hoshi, K.N. Apsalikov, A. Sakaguchi, P. Steier
  • Organizer: 14th Hiroshima International Symposium-Semipalatinsk and related studies, Hiroshima Univ.
  • Year and Date: 2009-03-26
• [Presentation] 旧ソ連セミパラチンスク核実験場の環境汚染と被曝線量の現状 (2008)
  • Author(s): 山本政儀, 星正治, K.N. Apsalikov
  • Organizer: 第7回日本放射線安全管理学会
  • Place of Presentation: 金沢
  • Year and Date: 20081203-20081205
• [Presentation] Iodine-129 measurements in soil samples from Dolon village near the Semipalatinsk nuclear test site (2008)
  • Author(s): S. Endo, J. Tomita, K. Tanaka, M. Yamamoto, A. Fukutani, T. Imanaka, A. Sakaguchi, H. Amano, Hidehisa. Kawamura, Hisao. Kawamura, K.N. Apsalikov, B.I. Gusev, N. Whitehead, S. Shinkarev, M. Hoshi
  • Organizer: 13th Hiroshima International Symposium-Radiation Effects in Semipalatinsk)
  • Place of Presentation: Hiroshima
  • Year and Date: 2008-02-29
• [Presentation] etermination of 240Pu/239Pu isotopic ratios in human tissues collected from areas around the Semipalatinsk nuclear test site (2008)
  • Author(s): M. Yamamoto, S. Oikawa, A. Sakaguchi, J. Tomita, M. Hoshi, K.N. Apsalikov
  • Organizer: 13th Hiroshima International Symposium-Radiation Effects in Semipalatinsk)
  • Place of Presentation: Hiroshima
  • Year and Date: 2008-02-29
• [Presentation] Radionuclide contamination of the settlements where the Semipalatinsk historical cohort resided (2008)
  • Author(s): M. Yamamoto, K. Mino, J. Tomita, T. Imanaka, S. Endo, M. Hoshi, K.N. Apsalikov
  • Organizer: International Symp. on 4th Dosimetry workshop on the Semipalatinsk Nuclear Test Site Area
  • Place of Presentation: Hiroshima
  • Year and Date: 2008-02-28
• [Presentation] ソ連最初の原爆実験による放射能雲の通過位置とフォールアウト沈着パターン, 日本放射線影響学会第50回大会 (2007)
  • Author(s): 今中哲二, 福谷哲, 山本政義, 富田純平, 坂口綾, 遠藤暁, 田中憲一, 星正治
  • Organizer: 幕張メッセ国際会議場
  • Place of Presentation: 千葉
  • Year and Date: 20071113-20071115
• [Presentation] セミパラチンスク核実験場の土壌中に残存する中性子誘導長寿命放射性核種 (2007)
  • Author(s): 小島貞男, 有信哲哉, 斎藤直, 山本政儀
  • Organizer: 2007日本放射化学会年会・第51回放射化学討論会
  • Place of Presentation: 静岡
  • Year and Date: 20070924-20090926
• [Presentation] 旧ソ連核実験場近郊ドロン村から採取した土壌試料中129I汚染量の測定 (2007)
  • Author(s): 遠藤暁, 富田純平, 田中憲一, 山本政儀, 福谷哲, 今中哲二, 天野光, 川村秀久, 河村日佐男, 星正治
  • Organizer: 原子力学会中四国支部研究発表会
  • Place of Presentation: 広島
  • Year and Date: 20070900
• [Presentation] First results of I-129 contamination measurement in soil samples of the Dolon village near Semipalatinsk Nuclear Test Site (2007)
  • Author(s): S. Endo, J. Tomita, K. Tanaka, M. Yamamoto, S. Fukutani, T. Imanaka, H. Amano, H. Kawamura, K. Kawamura, M. Hoshi
  • Organizer: 第12回広島国際シンポジウム, セミパラチンスクにおける放射線の影響(12th Hiroshima International Symposium-Radiation Effects in Semipalatinsk)
  • Place of Presentation: 広島
  • Year and Date: 2007-03-02
• [Presentation] カザフスタン・セミパラチンスク核実験場周辺の放射能問題:環境放射能汚染の纏めと今後の展望 (2007)
  • Author(s): 山本政儀, 富田純平, 坂口綾, 星正治, 遠藤暁, 田中憲一, 今中哲二, Kazbek N. Apsalikov
  • Organizer: 第12回広島国際シンポジウム, セミパラチンスクにおける放射線の影響(12th Hiroshima International Symposium-Radiation Effects in Semipalatinsk)
  • Place of Presentation: 広島
  • Year and Date: 2007-03-02
• [Presentation] Attempt to use Be-10 at Dolon to detect the fallout plume
  • Author(s): N.E. Whitehead, S. Endo, K. Tanaka, M. Yamamoto, M. Hoshi
  • Organizer: ibid
• [Presentation] External radiation by radionuclides other than fission product in Sarzhal village affected by the First USSR hydrogen bomb in 1953
  • Author(s): T. Imanaka, K. Kawai, M. Yamamoto, M. Hoshi
  • Organizer: ibid
• [Presentation] Measurement of Sr-90 in Semipalatinsk soil samples
  • Author(s): S. Fukutani, T. Imanaka, J. Tomita, M. Yamamoto, K. Tanaka, S. Endo, M. Hoshi
  • Organizer: ibid