有人ヘリコプタを用いた放射線モニタリング

Airborne radiation monitoring using a manned helicopter

眞田 幸尚   ; 石崎 梓  ; 西澤 幸康; 卜部 嘉*

Sanada, Yukihisa; Ishizaki, Azusa; Nishizawa, Yukiyasu; Urabe, Yoshimi*

2011年3月11日に発生した東日本大震災による津波に起因した東京電力福島第一原子力発電所事故によって、大量の放射性物質が周辺に飛散した。事故直後より、放射線の分布を迅速かつ広範囲に測定する手法として、有人のヘリコプタを用いた空からの測定方法が適用されている。本手法自体は、1980年代に日本独自の手法として研究開発されていたものの、事故直後に適用できる状態ではなく、事故後、モニタリングしつつデータ解析手法をルーチン化・最適化を進めてきた。本稿では、事故後体系化した上空からのモニタリング手法及び測定結果についてまとめる。

The Great East Japan Earthquake that occurred on 11 March 2011 generated a series of large tsunami waves that caused serious damage to the Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Station, following which a large amount of radioactive material was discharged from the nuclear power plant into the environment. The airborne radiation measurement using a manned helicopter was applied to measure the radiation distribution immediately after accident of the Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Station as technique to quickly measure the radiation distribution in the wide area. In Japan, this technique was researched and developed in the 1980s. However, this technique and system were not applied immediately after the accident because standardization of analysis was not established and the Japanese system became deteriorated. This technique is important for post-accident of nuclear facility. We summarized the methods of the airborne radiation measurement using a manned helicopter. In addition, measurement results of dose rate distribution at the Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Station was shown in this paper.