Radiation monitoring using an unmanned helicopter in the evacuation zone around the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant

福島第一原子力発電所周辺の警戒区域における無人ヘリコプターを用いた放射線モニタリング

眞田 幸尚   ; 近藤 敦哉*; 杉田 武志*; 西澤 幸康; 結城 洋一*; 池田 和隆*; 荘司 泰敬*; 鳥居 建男  

Sanada, Yukihisa; Kondo, Atsuya*; Sugita, Takeshi*; Nishizawa, Yukiyasu; Yuki, Yoichi*; Ikeda, Kazutaka*; Shoji, Yasunori*; Torii, Tatsuo

福島第一原子力発電所の事故により、放射性物質が発電所近傍に飛散した。計画区域内を中心に、無人ヘリコプター放射線測定システムにより、放射性セシウムの沈着量分布及び河川を介した移行状況について調査を行った。ここではシステムの開発及び河川敷で計測したデータから放射性物質の移行について考察する。

The Great East Japan Earthquake on March 11, 2011 generated a series of large tsunami waves that resulted serious damage to the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) and a large amount of radioactive materials were discharged from the NPP to the environment. In recent years, technologies for an unmanned helicopter have been developed and applied to various fields. In expectation of the application of the unmanned helicopter to airborne radiation monitoring, we had developed a radiation monitoring system. Then, we measured the radiation level by using unmanned helicopter in soil contaminated areas by radioactive cesium emitted from the NPP to evaluate ambient dose-rate distribution around the areas. Here, we reports on the measurement technique and the result.