scholarly journals Effects of Radioactive Contamination from the Semipalatinsk Nuclear Test Site on Behavior Related to Food Choices: A Case Study of Kazakhstan

2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (7) ◽  
pp. 991-1010
Author(s):  
Tetsuya Nakamura ◽  
Satoru Masuda ◽  
Akifumi Kuchiki ◽  
Atsushi Maruyama ◽  
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...  
Keyword(s):  
Radioactive Contamination ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Test Site ◽  
Food Choices ◽  
Nuclear Test ◽  
Radioactive Material ◽  
Internal Exposure ◽  
Radioactive Materials ◽  
Semipalatinsk Nuclear Test Site ◽  
Japanese Elderly

In this article, we analyzed the effects of radioactive contamination from the Semipalatinsk nuclear test site on food choices in Kazakhstan. Nearly 90% of citizens in Kazakhstan knew their health had been affected by radioactive material from the nuclear test site, with more than 50% of citizens still confirming the safety of foodstuffs regarding radioactive materials when purchasing food. However, citizens in the vicinity of the nuclear test site did not take countermeasures against internal exposure due to declining fear of radioactivity, despite refraining from purchasing food from near the nuclear test site. More than 80% of Kazakhstan understood that exposure to radioactive materials was both external and internal. Further, Kazakhs were more aware of the effects of internal exposure on the human body than either Ukrainians or Japanese. Elderly people who remembered the times when nuclear tests had been conducted were aware of radioactive materials in food. High-income individuals took measures to control radioactive contamination in consideration of their nutritional balance, while low-income individuals refrained from purchasing food from near the nuclear test site as a means of controlling potential contamination. In Kazakhstan, more than 60% of citizens did not take measures against internal exposure, but the number of citizens who were concerned about radioactive materials was much higher than in either Ukraine or Japan. In Kazakhstan, 30–40% of citizens, particularly women, would buy at least 20% more if foodstuffs with lower than the regulated level of radioactive materials were sold.

scholarly journals Retrospective Dose Assessment for the Population Living in Areas of Local Fallout from the Semipalatinsk Nuclear Test Site Part II: Internal Exposure to Thyroid

2006 ◽  
Vol 47 (SupplementA) ◽  
pp. A137-A141 ◽  
Author(s):  
Konstantin GORDEEV ◽  
Sergey SHINKAREV ◽  
Leonid ILYIN ◽  
André BOUVILLE ◽  
Masaharu HOSHI ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Test Site ◽  
Nuclear Test ◽  
Dose Assessment ◽  
Internal Exposure ◽  
Semipalatinsk Nuclear Test Site

Glycophorin A Somatic Cell Mutations in a Population Living in the Proximity of the Semipalatinsk Nuclear Test Site

2004 ◽  
Vol 162 (2) ◽  
pp. 164-170 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carita Lindholm ◽  
Brian P. Murphy ◽  
William L. Bigbee ◽  
Rakhmetkaji I. Bersimbaev ◽  
Maj A. Hultén ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Somatic Cell ◽  
Test Site ◽  
Nuclear Test ◽  
Glycophorin A ◽  
Semipalatinsk Nuclear Test Site

scholarly journals Radioecological Monitoring of Adjacent Territories to the Former Semipalatinsk Nuclear Test Site, East Kazakhstan

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (4.36) ◽  
pp. 323
Author(s):  
Sergazy Duyssembaev ◽  
Ainur Serikova ◽  
Shyngys Suleimenov ◽  
Nurgul Ikimbayeva ◽  
Assel Zhexenayeva ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Specific Activity ◽  
Test Site ◽  
Nuclear Test ◽  
Plant Water ◽  
Beta Particles ◽  
Radiometric Measurements ◽  
Semipalatinsk Nuclear Test Site ◽  
Radioecological Monitoring ◽  
East Kazakhstan ◽  
Permissible Levels

This paper presents the results of complex radioecological monitoring of the territories, which are situated near the Semipalatinsk Nuclear Test Site, East Kazakhstan region.  The radiometric measurements showed that the concentration of radon and beta particles are below the permissible levels. EROA values of a radon in rooms fluctuates from 44 Bq/m3 to 195 Bq/ m3. The measured values of fluency of betta-particles in all the studied points are less than 10 freq/ min*cm2. A specific activity of radionuclides, such as Am-241, Cs-137 and  Pu – 239/240  in soils, plant, water, meat and milk were evaluated.   

scholarly journals Features of creating multi-time thematic animations of the Arctic environment pollution on the example of Novaya Zemlya

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. 1-1
Author(s):  
Andrey Medvedev ◽  
Natalia Alekseenko ◽  
Maria Arsentyeva
Keyword(s):  
Time Scales ◽  
Radioactive Contamination ◽  
Arctic Region ◽  
Test Site ◽  
Nuclear Test ◽  
The Arctic ◽  
Novaya Zemlya Archipelago ◽  
Novaya Zemlya ◽  
The Creation ◽  
The Arctic Region

<p><strong>Abstract.</strong> The Arctic region is currently at the next stage of increased interest not only from the Arctic States, but also from the entire world community. The main pollutants in the region are oil and gas products, heavy metals, chemical and radioactive contamination. The Arctic region of the Russian Federation has experienced a strong anthropogenic impact of radionuclides due to the use of nuclear energy. The main source of pollution is nuclear testing. About 132 tests were conducted on Novaya Zemlya, including 87 atmospheric, 3 underwater and 42 underground tests. Another source of radioactive contamination is the operation of the naval and civil nuclear fleet, as well as nuclear power plants (on the Kola Peninsula and in Bilibino). Until 1963, most of the tests were carried out in the atmosphere and under water, but after the signing of the Moscow Treaty on August 5, 1963, which prohibits the testing of nuclear weapons in three environments (under water, in the atmosphere and outer space), all tests were carried out underground, in tunnels and wells.</p><p>The object of research and mapping is the territory of the Novaya Zemlya archipelago and the nuclear test site located on it. On the territory of the nuclear test site constantly there was an assessment of the radioecological situation. The scientific community is interested in the processes taking place on the New Earth. The territory of the archipelago is constantly involved in various Arctic programs aimed at monitoring the level of environmental pollution and reducing the number of sources of pollution.</p><p>The aim of this work is to create multi-time animations of nuclear tests and the results of radionuclide pollution. These animated cartographic images differ not only in their time scales, but also a large set of qualitative and quantitative characteristics that characterize the results of anthropogenic influence.</p><p>As sources for creation of cartographic animations were: field data, remote sensing data (RS), Open sources, marine navigation maps, DEM’s (AsterDem, ArcticDem, GEBCO), meteorological data, thematic maps (including atlases), topographic maps, literary sources. The main part of the information about Novaya Zemlya archipelago was taken from the works of the Arctic marine complex expedition, which are devoted to the nature, history, archeology and culture of the archipelago. To obtain complete information about the explosions and their energy release ranges, additional open sources were used, from which it is possible to learn about the type of explosion, its power and location (geographical coordinates).</p><p>Dynamic geo-imagery was developed and established by the following method: study of object mapping and the collection of primary spatial data – creation script dynamic geo-imagery – the creation of a geodatabase of research – the creation of the thematic maps and layout of geo-imagery in the graphic editor – create animations with different time scales.</p><p>During the creation of cartographic animations based on the collected data, a multi-time multi-scale cartographic animation was developed, which allowed using the original graphical solution to visualize three interconnected time scales, which allowed to visualize the processes of infiltration and propagation of radioactive inert gases.</p>

Everyday Radioactive Goods? Economic Development at Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan

2017 ◽  
Vol 76 (2) ◽  
pp. 423-436 ◽  
Author(s):  
Magdalena E. Stawkowski
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Rural Schools ◽  
Test Site ◽  
Nuclear Test ◽  
Central Heating ◽  
Semipalatinsk Nuclear Test Site ◽  
Local Media ◽  
Heating Plant ◽  
Eastern Kazakhstan

I first heard of “radioactive coal” in the summer of 2012, when I was living in the small village of Koyan, one of many settlements in Eastern Kazakhstan that hosted the Soviet-era Semipalatinsk Nuclear Test Site. A scandal over the sale of radioactive coal had erupted in the fall of 2011 when local media began reporting on a train from Kazakhstan carrying more than eight thousand tons of it (in 130 wagons) to a heating plant in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. Upon discovering that radioactivity in the shipment was eight times higher than normal, Kyrgyz authorities had it removed from the Bishkek's central heating plant. Rather than discarding it, they put it to use elsewhere, including in the heating stoves of more than one orphanage, a kindergarten, and several rural schools. When media covered this development, public outcry forced Kyrgyz politicians to demand that the coal be returned to Kazakhstan; allegations of corruption and arrests of Kyrgyz officials ensued. Political wrangling over responsibility and refunds meant that negotiations between Kazakh and Kyrgyz authorities took more than a year to complete. Finally, Kazakhstan allowed the coal to be returned.

scholarly journals Around Semipalatinsk Nuclear Test Site: Progress of dose Estimations Relevant to the Consequences of Nuclear Tests

2006 ◽  
Vol 47 (SupplementA) ◽  
pp. A1-A13 ◽  
Author(s):  
Valeriy F. STEPANENKO ◽  
Masaharu HOSHI ◽  
Ian K. BAILIFF ◽  
Alexander I. IVANNIKOV ◽  
Shin TOYODA ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Test Site ◽  
Nuclear Test ◽  
Semipalatinsk Nuclear Test Site ◽  
Nuclear Tests
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