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Assessment of residual doses to population after decontamination in Fukushima Prefecture

“….Fukushima Prefecture. Our probabilistic model considers the variabilities in behavioral patterns and Cs-137 surface-activity levels.

Five years after the initial contamination, the 95th percentiles of indoor workers and pensioners in 53 of the 59 municipalities were found to receive annual effective doses of below 1 mSv/y (0.026–0.73 mSv/y).

However, for outdoor workers in 25 municipalities, the annual doses were over 1 mSv/y (1.0–35 mSv/y).

Therefore, the guidance value is effective for indoor workers and pensioners; to determine whether additional countermeasures for outdoor workers should be implemented, a detailed assessment that uses more realistic assumptions is required……”

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0265931X16302247

July 18, 2016 - Posted by dunrenard | Fukushima 2016 | Annual Effective Doses, Environmental Radioactivity, Fukushima continuing