23 research outputs found

    External dose reconstruction for the former village of Metlino (Techa River, Russia) based on environmental surveys, luminescence measurements, and radiation transport modelling.

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    In the first years of its operation, the Mayak Production Association, a facility part of the Soviet nuclear weapons program in the Southern Urals, Russia, discharged large amounts of radioactively contaminated effluent into the nearby Techa River, thus exposing the people living at this river to external and internal radiations. The Techa River Cohort is a cohort intensely studied in epidemiology to investigate the correlation between low-dose radiation and health effects on humans. For the individuals in the cohort, the Techa River Dosimetry System describes the accumulated dose in human organs and tissues. In particular, organ doses from external exposure are derived from estimates of dose rate in air on the Techa River banks which were estimated from measurements and Monte Carlo modelling. Individual doses are calculated in accordance with historical records of individuals' residence histories, observational data of typical lifestyles for different age groups, and age-dependent conversion factors from air kerma to organ dose. The work here describes an experimentally independent assessment of the key input parameter of the dosimetry system, the integral air kerma, for the former village of Metlino, upper Techa River region. The aim of this work was thus to validate the Techa River Dosimetry System for the location of Metlino in an independent approach. Dose reconstruction based on dose measurements in bricks from a church tower and Monte Carlo calculations was used to model the historic air kerma accumulated in the time from 1949 to 1956 at the shoreline of the Techa River in Metlino. Main issues are caused by a change in the landscape after the evacuation of the village in 1956. Based on measurements and published information and data, two separate models for the historic pre-evacuation geometry and for the current geometry of Metlino were created. Using both models, a value for the air kerma was reconstructed, which agrees with that obtained in the Techa River Dosimetry System within a factor of two

    Activation and clearance of Vanadium Alloys and Beryllium Multipliers in Fusion Reactors

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    The possibility of clearance of vanadium-chromium-titanium (V-Cr-Ti) alloys is analysed. These alloys after their service in fusion power plants, have the potential to reach clearance if they are purified from activation products. The extraction part of the technological scheme for radiochemical separation of components of irradiated V-Cr-Ti alloy and their purification from metallic activation products, developed earlier, was tested for the first time in laboratory conditions using activated alloy specimens. The replacement of the acid reextraction of V with peroxide and of acid reextraction of Cr with alkaline improved characteristics of the extraction reprocessing. Duration of the V and Cr reextraction was shortened by about an order of magnitude, the output of these alloy components was increased, V purification from rare-earth metals became two times as great, and Cr decontamination from Co increased by two orders of magnitude. Activation of Be contaminated with trace quantities of uranium is an issue: estimation of Be activation in the blanket of the Power Plant Conceptual Study (PPCS) has suggested that traces of U impurity in Be should be removed - or substantially reduced - prior to us

    Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Based Spectroscopic Techniques

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    This chapter addresses the use of electron paramagnetic resonance based spectroscopic techniques to study nanostructures. Particular attention is given to high frequency electron spin echo, electron-nuclear double resonance and optically detected magnetic resonance spectroscopy

    Luminescence dosimetry for evaluation of the external exposure in Metlino, upper Techa River valley, due to the shore of the Metlinsky Pond: A feasibility study.

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    Luminescence dosimetry was performed using bricks from the former settlement of Metlino, Southern Urals, Russia, to investigate the feasibility of validating the Techa River Dosimetry System (TRDS) 2016 for the shore of the Metlinsky Pond, upper Techa River region. TRDS is a code for estimating external and internal doses for members of the Extended Techa River Cohort. Several brick samples were taken from the north-western wall of the granary, facing the Metlinsky Pond. Samples were measured at different heights and at different depths into the bricks. Dating of the granary was performed by analyzing well shielded bricks. Assessment of the gamma dose-rate at the sample positions was done by thermoluminescent dosimeters and the dose-rate in front of the granary mapped with a dose-rate meter. Anthropogenic doses in bricks vary from 0.8 to 1.7 Gy and show an increase with sampling height. A similar height profile is observed for the current gamma dose-rate, which is compatible with the results of the dose-rate mapping. Implications for validating the TRDS are discussed

    Application of the ontology merging in the production capacity planning for the integration of information systems

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    В данной статье описывается метод интеграции информационных систем авиастроительного предприятия с системой баланса производственных мощностей на основе слияния онтологий. Для каждого информационного обеспечения, интегрируемых информационных систем, формируется онтологическое представление. Онтологическое представление формируется в процессе анализа структуры реляционной базы данных информационной системы. Интегрирующая модель данных формируется на основе слияния онтологических представлений для каждой информационной системы. Интегрирующая модель данных представляет собой механизм семантической интеграции источников данных. This article describes the method for integration of the aircraft factory information systems with the production capacity planning system based on ontology merging. The process of mapping the database structure into the ontological representation is performed for each information system. An integrated data model is formed based on the ontological representations of each information system database structure. The integrated model is a mechanism for semantic integration of data sources.Исследование выполнено при финансовой поддержке РФФИ и Правительства Ульяновской области в рамках научных проектов No 16-47-732054, No 18-47-732016, No 18-47-730022
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