Valeriy Stepanenko, Sergey Shinkarev, Andrey Kaprin, Kazbek Apsalikov, Sergey Ivanov, Peter Shegay, Evgenia Ostroumova, Ausrele Kesminiene, Alexandra Lipikhina, Viktoria Bogacheva, Kassym Zhumadilov, Masayoshi Yamamoto, Aya Sakaguchi, Satoru Endo, Nariaki Fujimoto, Bernd Grosche, Vladimir Iatsenko, Alla Androsova, Zukhra Apsalikova, Noriyuki Kawano, Masaharu Hoshi
For correct assessment of health risks after low-dose irradiation, calculation of radiation exposure estimates is crucial. To verify the calculated absorbed doses, instrumental methods of retrospective dosimetry are used. We compared calculated and instrumental-based estimates of external absorbed doses in the residents of Dolon, Mostik and Cheremushki villages, Kazakhstan, affected by the first nuclear weapon test performed at the Semipalatinsk Nuclear Test Site (SNTS) on August 29, 1949. The 'instrumental' doses were retrospectively estimated using the Luminescence Retrospective Dosimetry (LRD) and Electron Spin Resonance (ESR) methods...
November 18, 2023: Journal of Radiation Research