Development of a radiation survey device for a multipurpose unmanned surface vehicle

多目的無人飛行機のための放射線調査装置の開発

眞田 幸尚   ; 宮本 賢治*; 門馬 大和*; 宮崎 信之*; 中曽根 孝政*; 田原 淳一郎*; 馬場 尚一郎*; 古山 裕喜*

Sanada, Yukihisa; Miyamoto, Kenji*; Momma, Hiroyasu*; Miyazaki, Nobuyuki*; Nakasone, Takamasa*; Tahara, Junichiro*; Baba, Shoichiro*; Furuyama, Hiroki*

福島第一原子力発電所事故の結果、環境中に放出された海洋中での放射性物質の挙動の調査は、将来予測や被ばく評価上重要である。そのような調査に使用できるプラットフォームとして無人船が開発されている。無人船に搭載する専用のサンプル採取及びダイレクトに放射線を計測できる多目的放射線モニタリング用のデバイスを開発し、福島沖で統合試験を実施した。本論文ではその結果をまとめる。

Large quantities of volatile radionuclides were released into the atmosphere following the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station (FDNPS) accident in March 2011. To evaluate their effect on aquatic organisms and radiocesium behavior in the environment, the monitoring of radioactive cesium in the waterbed soil is important. We developed a dedicated radiation survey device that can both directly measure and collect some sediment samples. A comprehensive test was conducted using this device, which was installed in an unmanned surface vehicle at Fukushima offshore contaminated by radiocesium that resulted from the FDNPS accident. Consequently, the effectiveness of this device was confirmed because the measurement results of the sediment-core sample and in-situ radiation survey results show a good correlation. A successful application of this device in the time of post-nuclear facility accident is expected.