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Review of historical monitoring data on Techa River contaminationThe Mayak Production Association was the first Russian site for the production and separation of plutonium. The extensive increase in plutonium production during 1948-1955, as well as the absence of reliable waste-management technology, resulted in significant releases of liquid radioactive effluent into the rather small Techa River. This resulted in chronic external and internal exposure of about 30,000 residents of riverside communities; these residents form the cohort of an epidemiologic investigation. Analysis of the available historical monitoring data indicates that the following reliable data sets can be used for reconstruction of doses received during the early periods of operation of the Mayak Production Association: Temporal pattern of specific beta activity of river water for several sites in the upper Techa region since July 1951; average annual values of specific beta activity of river water and bottom sediments as a function of downstream distance for the whole river since 1951; external gamma-exposure rates near the shoreline as a function of downstream distance for the whole Techa River since 1952; and external gamma-exposure rate as a function of distance from the shoreline for several sites in the upper and middle Techa since 1951.
Document ID
20040141952
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Vorobiova, M. I.
(Urals Research Center for Radiation Medicine Chelyabinsk, Russia)
Degteva, M. O.
Burmistrov, D. S.
Safronova, N. G.
Kozheurov, V. P.
Anspaugh, L. R.
Napier, B. A.
Neta, P. I.
Date Acquired
August 22, 2013
Publication Date
June 1, 1999
Publication Information
Publication: Health physics
Volume: 76
Issue: 6
ISSN: 0017-9078
Subject Category
Environment Pollution
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Other
Keywords
NASA Discipline Radiation Health
Review, Tutorial
Review
Non-NASA Center

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