External doses of residents near Semipalatinsk nuclear test site

Citation
J. Takada et al., External doses of residents near Semipalatinsk nuclear test site, J RADIAT R, 40(4), 1999, pp. 337-344
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Experimental Biology
Journal title
JOURNAL OF RADIATION RESEARCH
ISSN journal
04493060 → ACNP
Volume
40
Issue
4
Year of publication
1999
Pages
337 - 344
Database
ISI
SICI code
0449-3060(199912)40:4<337:EDORNS>2.0.ZU;2-V
Abstract
Accumulated external radiation doses of residents near the Semipalatinsk nu clear test site of the former USSR are presented as a results of study by t he thermoluminescence technique for bricks sampled at several settlements i n 1995 and 1996, The external doses that we evaluated from exposed bricks w ere up to about 100 cGy for resident. The external doses at several points in the center of Semipalatinsk City ranged from a background level to 60 cG y, which was remarkably high compared with the previously reported values b ased on military data.