TY - JOUR
T1 - Lessons from past radiation accidents
T2 - Critical review of methods addressed to individual dose assessment of potentially exposed people and integration with medical assessment
AU - Barquinero, Joan Francesc
AU - Fattibene, Paola
AU - Chumak, Vadim
AU - Ohba, Takashi
AU - Della Monaca, Sara
AU - Nuccetelli, Cristina
AU - Akahane, Keiichi
AU - Kurihara, Osamu
AU - Kamiya, Kenji
AU - Kumagai, Atsushi
AU - Challeton-de Vathaire, Cecile
AU - Franck, Didier
AU - Gregoire, Eric
AU - Poelzl-Viol, Christiane
AU - Kulka, Ulrike
AU - Oestreicher, Ursula
AU - Peter, Marion
AU - Jaworska, Alicja
AU - Liutsko, Liudmila
AU - Tanigawa, Koichi
AU - Cardis, Elisabeth
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020
PY - 2021/1
Y1 - 2021/1
N2 - The experiences of the Chernobyl and Fukushima nuclear accidents showed that dosimetry was the essential tool in the emergency situation for decision making processes, such as evacuation and application of protective measures. However, at the consequent post-accidental phases, it was crucial also for medical health surveillance and in further adaptation to changed conditions with regards to radiation protection of the affected populations. This review provides an analysis of the experiences related to the role of dosimetry (dose measurements, assessment and reconstruction) regarding health preventive measures in the post-accidental periods on the examples of the major past nuclear accidents such as Chernobyl and Fukushima. Recommendations derived from the review are called to improve individual dose assessment in case of a radiological accident/incident and should be considered in advance as guidelines to follow for having better information. They are given as conclusions.
AB - The experiences of the Chernobyl and Fukushima nuclear accidents showed that dosimetry was the essential tool in the emergency situation for decision making processes, such as evacuation and application of protective measures. However, at the consequent post-accidental phases, it was crucial also for medical health surveillance and in further adaptation to changed conditions with regards to radiation protection of the affected populations. This review provides an analysis of the experiences related to the role of dosimetry (dose measurements, assessment and reconstruction) regarding health preventive measures in the post-accidental periods on the examples of the major past nuclear accidents such as Chernobyl and Fukushima. Recommendations derived from the review are called to improve individual dose assessment in case of a radiological accident/incident and should be considered in advance as guidelines to follow for having better information. They are given as conclusions.
KW - Chernobyl
KW - Dose assessment
KW - Dosimetry
KW - Fukushima
KW - Nuclear reactor accident
KW - Radiological emergency
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U2 - 10.1016/j.envint.2020.106175
DO - 10.1016/j.envint.2020.106175
M3 - Article
C2 - 33069983
AN - SCOPUS:85092723017
SN - 0160-4120
VL - 146
JO - Environment international
JF - Environment international
M1 - 106175
ER -