Comparison of dose rates from four surveys around the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant for location factor evaluation

Sanada, Yukihisa; Ishida, Mutsushi*; Yoshimura, Kazuya; Mikami, Satoshi

Journal of Radiation Protection and Research, 46(4), p.184 - 193, 2021/12

https://doi.org/10.14407/jrpr.2021.00171

no abstracts in English

Comparison of airborne and ground-based tools used for radiation measurement in the environment

Ochi, Kotaro; Sasaki, Miyuki; Ishida, Mutsushi*; Sanada, Yukihisa

Progress in Nuclear Science and Technology (Internet), 6, p.103 - 107, 2019/01

http://doi.org/10.15669/pnst.6.103

After the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant (FDNPP) accident, a large amount of radionuclides was spread out all over the world. In our previous study, we developed the aerial radiation monitoring technique using unmanned helicopter for investigating the dose rate derived deposited radionuclides over wide area. In addition, many monitoring techniques were developed for investigating the local distribution of radionuclides using unmanned aerial vehicle, handheld instrument and car within small area. Distinction of these methods depends on desirable position resolution of dose rate. However, the comparison method of the measurement result between different methods is not established. In this study, we attempted to evaluate the some methods of airborne and ground radiation measurement in same extended farm.

Application of topographical source model for air dose rates conversions in aerial radiation monitoring

Ishizaki, Azusa; Sanada, Yukihisa; Ishida, Mutsushi; Munakata, Masahiro

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity, 180, p.82 - 89, 2017/12

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvrad.2017.09.028

After the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station (FDNPS) accident in 2011, aerial radiation monitoring (ARM) using a manned helicopter was conducted to rapidly measure air dose rates and the deposition of radioactive nuclides over a large area. Typically, the air dose rate is obtained by conversion from the count rate using the conventional flat source model (FSM). The converted dose rate via aerial monitoring poorly matches the results of ground measurement in the mountain and forest areas because the FSM does not consider topographical effects. To improve the conversion accuracy, we developed new methods to analyze aerial monitoring data using the topographical source model (TSM) based on the analytical calculation of the -ray flux. The ARM results converted using both the FSM as well as TSM were compared with ground measurement data obtained after the FDNPS accident. By using TSM, the conversion accuracy was improved.

Investigation of snow cover effects and attenuation correction of ray in aerial radiation monitoring

Ishizaki, Azusa; Sanada, Yukihisa; Mori, Airi; Imura, Mitsuo; Ishida, Mutsushi; Munakata, Masahiro

Remote Sensing, 8(11), p.892_1 - 892_12, 2016/11

https://doi.org/10.3390/rs8110892

In aerial radiation monitoring (ARM), the air dose rate cannot be appropriately estimated under snowy conditions due to attenuation of ray by the snow layer. A technique to address this issue is required for ARM to obtain enough signals for air dose rate. To develop this technique, we investigated the relationship between snow depth and ARM measurement results using ARM, laser imaging detection and ranging, and ground measurement before and after snowfall. From the measured data, the results obtained using three different correction factors were examined and compared. An appropriate correction improved the underestimation of the air dose rate. However, further improvement in the accuracy of the analysis require accurate estimation of the snow water equivalent.

Radiation monitoring using manned helicopter around the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station in the fiscal year 2014 (Contract research)

Sanada, Yukihisa; Mori, Airi; Ishizaki, Azusa; Munakata, Masahiro; Nakayama, Shinichi; Nishizawa, Yukiyasu; Urabe, Yoshimi; Nakanishi, Chika; Yamada, Tsutomu; Ishida, Mutsushi; et al.

JAEA-Research 2015-006, 81 Pages, 2015/07

JAEA-Research-2015-006.pdf:22.96MB

By the nuclear disaster of Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station (NPS), Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO), caused by the East Japan earthquake and the following tsunami occurred on March 11, 2011, a large amount of radioactive materials was released from the NPP. These results of the aerial radiation monitoring using the manned helicopter in the fiscal 2014 were summarized in the report.

Research and development of in-situ measurement for radiation distribution of waterbed

Sanada, Yukihisa; Takamura, Yoshihide; Urabe, Yoshimi; Tsuchida, Kiyofumi; Nishizawa, Yukiyasu; Yamada, Tsutomu; Sato, Yoshiharu; Hirayama, Hirokatsu; Nishihara, Katsuya; Imura, Mitsuo; et al.

JAEA-Research 2014-005, 67 Pages, 2014/05

JAEA-Research-2014-005.pdf:52.68MB

Distribution of radiocesium existing on the waterbed such as lake or pond was concerned about at the present that passed for two years by an accident. Here, the direct measurement technique of the radiocesium concentration (in-situ measurement technique) was developed. This method was used an plastic scintillation detector (p-Scanner). This detector carried out quick measurement of a large area. In addition, the count-rate of p-Scanner was converted to the radiocesium concentration (Ba/kg-wet) by comparative measurement of -ray spectrometer. We applied the technique to the agricultural pond in Fukushima and made a map of distribution of radiocesium concentration.

Investigation of radionuclide distribution using aircraft for surrounding environmental survey from Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant

Torii, Tatsuo; Sanada, Yukihisa; Sugita, Takeshi; Kondo, Atsuya*; Shikaze, Yoshiaki; Takahashi, Masaki; Ishida, Mutsushi; Nishizawa, Yukiyasu; Urabe, Yoshimi

JAEA-Technology 2012-036, 182 Pages, 2012/12

JAEA-Technology-2012-036.pdf:41.89MB

We carried out aerial radiation monitoring (ARM) of all Japan area in order to investigate the influence of the radio cesium which was emitted into the atmosphere by disaster of the Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant of Tokyo Electric Power Co., Inc.. AMS can measure a ray quickly by flight from 300 m height above the ground. Moreover, ARM has an advantage which can grasp self-possessed quantity distribution of an air dose rate and radioactive cesium in "field", and is visually intelligible. Although there were apparatus and the technique of ARM in our country, sufficient preparations for wide area monitoring were not made. Therefore, it fixed based on the method of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) about the method of the conversion to all radiation dose, and the conversion method to radiocesium deposition and the method of mapping. It is possible to discriminate from a background (cosmic-ray, self-contamination and natural nuclides) at the time of western-part-of-Japan measurement by improving of the method in parallel to data acquisition. By this monitoring, it was able to check about the distribution situation of the air dose rate of the Japanese whole region, or the radioactive cesium deposition. Here, the measurement technique and a result are described.

Study on distribution and migration of radioactive substances around the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, 6; Analysis method of radiocesium deposition using an unmanned helicopter mounted on an LaBr(Ce) scintillation detector

Nishizawa, Yukiyasu; Ishida, Mutsushi; Ikeda, Kazutaka*; Sanada, Yukihisa; Torii, Tatsuo

no journal, , 

no abstracts in English

Radiation monitoring of riverbed using an unmanned Helicopter

Sanada, Yukihisa; Tsuchida, Kiyofumi; Azami, Kazuhiro*; Otagaki, Takahiro*; Sato, Yoshiharu; Nishizawa, Yukiyasu; Ishida, Mutsushi; Nishihara, Katsuya; Torii, Tatsuo

no journal, , 

no abstracts in English

Study of an estimation method of natural radiation by aerial radiation monitoring

Nishizawa, Yukiyasu; Ishida, Mutsushi; Sanada, Yukihisa; Torii, Tatsuo

no journal, , 

no abstracts in English