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- Title
ESTIMATION OF THE CONTRIBUTION OF SHORT-LIVED RADIOIODINES TO THE THYROID DOSE FOR THE PUBLIC IN CASE OF INHALATION INTAKE FOLLOWING THE FUKUSHIMA ACCIDENT.
- Authors
Shinkarev, S. M.; Kotenko, K. V.; Granovskaya, E. O.; Yatsenko, V. N.; Imanaka, T.; Hoshi, M.
- Abstract
The purpose of this paper is to present (1) the method of assessing the contribution of short-lived radioiodines to the thyroid for members of the public in Fukushima and neighbouring prefectures based on available data and (2) the results of a realistic assessment of such a contribution. The estimates of that contribution for the inhalation intake that occurred on the day of the main fallout (15 March 2011) are within 15% of the dose to the thyroid from 131I. The contribution to the thyroid dose from intake of 132Te is higher than that from the intake of 133I by a factor of ~3. The contribution of short-lived radioiodines to the thyroid dose for the public in the case of inhalation intake occurring as early as March 12 might be as great as 30-40%.
- Subjects
IODINE isotopes; FUKUSHIMA Nuclear Accident, Fukushima, Japan, 2011; JAPANESE people; THYROID cancer; NUCLEAR power plants; RADIOISOTOPES; CHERNOBYL Nuclear Accident, Chornobyl, Ukraine, 1986
- Publication
Radiation Protection Dosimetry, 2015, Vol 131, p51
- ISSN
0144-8420
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/rpd/ncu335