Assessment of radiation contamination of villages in northeastern Kazakhstan not covered by exposure rate measurements after atmospheric nuclear weapons tests conducted at the Semipalatinsk nuclear test site.
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| Titel: | Assessment of radiation contamination of villages in northeastern Kazakhstan not covered by exposure rate measurements after atmospheric nuclear weapons tests conducted at the Semipalatinsk nuclear test site. |
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| Autoren: | Drozdovitch V; Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, NIH, DHHS, Bethesda, MD, USA. Electronic address: drozdovv@mail.nih.gov., Lipikhina A; Scientific Research Institute of Radiation Medicine and Ecology, NCJSC Semey Medical University, Semey, Republic of Kazakhstan., Apsalikov K; Scientific Research Institute of Radiation Medicine and Ecology, NCJSC Semey Medical University, Semey, Republic of Kazakhstan., Brait Y; Scientific Research Institute of Radiation Medicine and Ecology, NCJSC Semey Medical University, Semey, Republic of Kazakhstan., Tokanov A; Scientific Research Institute of Radiation Medicine and Ecology, NCJSC Semey Medical University, Semey, Republic of Kazakhstan., Yessilkanov G; Scientific Research Institute of Radiation Medicine and Ecology, NCJSC Semey Medical University, Semey, Republic of Kazakhstan., Rosenson R; NCJSC Astana Medical University, Astana, Republic of Kazakhstan., Ostroumova E; Environment and Lifestyle Epidemiology Branch, International Agency for Research on Cancer, WHO, Lyon, France. |
| Quelle: | Journal of environmental radioactivity [J Environ Radioact] 2025 Aug; Vol. 288, pp. 107731. Date of Electronic Publication: 2025 Jun 10. |
| Publikationsart: | Journal Article |
| Sprache: | English |
| Info zur Zeitschrift: | 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 |
| Imprint Name(s): | Original Publication: Barking, Essex : Elsevier Applied Science Publishers, |
| MeSH-Schlagworte: | Radiation Monitoring* , Nuclear Weapons* , Radioactive Fallout*/analysis , Radiation Exposure*/statistics & numerical data , Air Pollutants, Radioactive*/analysis, Kazakhstan ; Humans |
| Abstract: | Competing Interests: Declaration of competing interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper. This paper presents the results of the first comprehensive assessment of radiation contamination of villages in Kazakhstan not covered by exposure rate measurements after atmospheric nuclear weapons tests conducted at the Semipalatinsk nuclear test site in 1949-1962. This was necessary to estimate radiation thyroid doses in 3183 individuals included in a cohort study of the prevalence of thyroid nodules detected by ultrasound, who lived during the testing period in 111 settlements where radiation measurements were not done. The values of exposure rate in these settlements were assessed using developed approaches to reconstruct the exposure rate along and across the fallout trace based on exposure rate measurements made at neighboring settlements after the same test. A total of 66 locations with measured exposure rates were available for the study. The validity of the approaches was tested using 24 pairs of exposure rates measured in villages located along the fallout trace at similar distances from the trace axis as well as by comparing with literature data. The results of this study are used to reconstruct thyroid doses in individuals who were exposed as children and young adults to fallout from atmospheric nuclear weapons tests conducted at the Semipalatinsk nuclear test site between 1949 and 1962. (Published by Elsevier Ltd.) |
| Grant Information: | 001 International WHO_ World Health Organization; Z99 CA999999 United States ImNIH Intramural NIH HHS |
| Contributed Indexing: | Keywords: Atmospheric nuclear weapons test; Exposure rate; Radiation contamination; Semipalatinsk |
| Substance Nomenclature: | 0 (Radioactive Fallout) 0 (Air Pollutants, Radioactive) |
| Entry Date(s): | Date Created: 20250611 Date Completed: 20250709 Latest Revision: 20250709 |
| Update Code: | 20250710 |
| PubMed Central ID: | PMC12220931 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2025.107731 |
| PMID: | 40499259 |
| Datenbank: | MEDLINE |
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Nájsť tento článok vo Web of Science | Abstract: | Competing Interests: Declaration of competing interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.<br />This paper presents the results of the first comprehensive assessment of radiation contamination of villages in Kazakhstan not covered by exposure rate measurements after atmospheric nuclear weapons tests conducted at the Semipalatinsk nuclear test site in 1949-1962. This was necessary to estimate radiation thyroid doses in 3183 individuals included in a cohort study of the prevalence of thyroid nodules detected by ultrasound, who lived during the testing period in 111 settlements where radiation measurements were not done. The values of exposure rate in these settlements were assessed using developed approaches to reconstruct the exposure rate along and across the fallout trace based on exposure rate measurements made at neighboring settlements after the same test. A total of 66 locations with measured exposure rates were available for the study. The validity of the approaches was tested using 24 pairs of exposure rates measured in villages located along the fallout trace at similar distances from the trace axis as well as by comparing with literature data. The results of this study are used to reconstruct thyroid doses in individuals who were exposed as children and young adults to fallout from atmospheric nuclear weapons tests conducted at the Semipalatinsk nuclear test site between 1949 and 1962.<br /> (Published by Elsevier Ltd.) |
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| ISSN: | 1879-1700 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2025.107731 |