TY - JOUR
T1 - Precision spectroscopy of cesium-137 from the ground to 150 m above in Fukushima
AU - Kurihara, Takuya
AU - Tanada, Kazuhisa
AU - Kataoka, Jun
AU - Hosokoshi, Hiroki
AU - Mochizuki, Saku
AU - Tagawa, Leo
AU - Okochi, Hiroshi
AU - Gotoh, Yurie
N1 - Funding Information:
We are much obliged to Prof. H. Tasaki for giving us theoretical advice. We are also indebted to S. Kinno, N. Katsumi, H. Ogata and H. Kuroshima for their helpful research and data. This work was supported by JSPS KAKENHI Grant Number 15H05720 .
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PY - 2020/10/21
Y1 - 2020/10/21
N2 - After the Fukushima nuclear disaster in 2011, large amounts of radioisotopes (mainly 137Cs and 134Cs) were released into the environment. Various monitoring activities have revealed radiation on the ground both in local and wide areas; however, aerial dose variation in the vertical direction is poorly known. This paper presents the results of airborne gamma-ray spectroscopy of a contamination field in Namie, Fukushima, as measured from 0 m to 150 m above the ground by drone. We found that the gamma-ray dose rate measured at 100 m height is about seven times higher than that expected based on ground measurements, which is caused by two factors: (1) the integrated dose includes contamination of upward scattered 662-keV gamma rays and (2) radiation from 137Cs is vertically collimated because 137Cs is buried in the soil. We also propose a novel method to obtain the distribution of radioactive substances in the soil only through aerial mapping.
AB - After the Fukushima nuclear disaster in 2011, large amounts of radioisotopes (mainly 137Cs and 134Cs) were released into the environment. Various monitoring activities have revealed radiation on the ground both in local and wide areas; however, aerial dose variation in the vertical direction is poorly known. This paper presents the results of airborne gamma-ray spectroscopy of a contamination field in Namie, Fukushima, as measured from 0 m to 150 m above the ground by drone. We found that the gamma-ray dose rate measured at 100 m height is about seven times higher than that expected based on ground measurements, which is caused by two factors: (1) the integrated dose includes contamination of upward scattered 662-keV gamma rays and (2) radiation from 137Cs is vertically collimated because 137Cs is buried in the soil. We also propose a novel method to obtain the distribution of radioactive substances in the soil only through aerial mapping.
KW - Dosimetry concepts and apparatus
KW - Models and simulations
KW - Radiation calculations
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U2 - 10.1016/j.nima.2020.164414
DO - 10.1016/j.nima.2020.164414
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85088319674
SN - 0168-9002
VL - 978
JO - Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
JF - Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
M1 - 164414
ER -