Measurement of Individual Doses of Radiation by Personal Dosimeter Is Important for the Return of Residents from Evacuation Order Areas after Nuclear Disaster

Makiko Orita, Naomi Hayashida, Yasuyuki Taira, Yoshiko Fukushima, Juichi Ide, Yuuko Endo, Takashi Kudo, Shunichi Yamashita and Noboru Takamura

PLOS ONE, 2015, vol. 10, issue 3, 1-11

Abstract: To confirm the availability of individual dose evaluation for the return of residents after the accident at the Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant (FNPP), we evaluated individual doses of radiation as measured by personal dosimeters in residents who temporarily stayed in Evacuation Order Areas in Kawauchi village, which is partially located within a 20 km radius of the FNPP. We also compared individual doses with the external radiation doses estimated from the ambient dose rates and with doses estimated from the concentrations of radionuclides in the soil around each individual’s house. Individual doses were significantly correlated with the ambient doses in front of the entrances to the houses (r = 0.90, p

Date: 2015
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