原子力機構人形峠で観測された降雨雪による空間線量率変動の解析

Analysis of variations in observed ambient dose rates due to rainfall or snowfall at JAEA Ningyo-toge

田中 裕史 ; 迫田 晃弘   ; 安藤 正樹; 石森 有  

Tanaka, Hiroshi; Sakoda, Akihiro; Ando, Masaki; Ishimori, Yuu

日本原子力研究開発機構人形峠環境技術センターでは、空間線量率の監視や気象観測を常時行っている。本研究では、2014年4月2015年3月における降雨雪による空間線量率の変動を評価した。原子力機構人形峠では、冬季の積雪が多いという地域的特徴がある。概ね月1回の頻度で一定時間、降雨雪を採取し、ラドン子孫核種濃度を測定した(全17事例)。測定結果を用いて空間線量率の変動を計算した結果、観測値と比較的良い一致がみられた(4例を除く)。この4例のうち2例は、後方流跡線解析より降水採取前後での子孫核種濃度の変化が示唆され、これが不一致の原因と考えられた。他の2例は、雨水の地表からの流出によると考えられた。

Ambient dose rates are continuously monitored in Ningyo-toge Environmental Engineering Center, Japan Atomic Energy Agency. The present study discussed the variations in ambient dose rates, observed from April 2014 to March 2015, due to snowfall as well as rainfall. It is much snowy as one of climatic features in this area. Rain or snow was sampled for a certain period in the day of interest (17 cases in total), and then the concentration of radon progeny was measured. With the measured data, the variation in ambient dose rate was calculated considering the accumulation of the radon progeny on the ground. As a whole, this calculation was found to reasonably reproduce the time trends of observed dose rates, except for four cases. Based on the backward trajectory analysis, it was explained that the discrepancy in two cases out of the four was induced by changes of radon progeny concentration in precipitation around sampling period. It was suggested that the other two cases were caused by the run-off of rain from the ground surface.