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Regulatory implementation of the occupational equivalent dose limit for the lens of the eye and underlying relevant efforts in Japan

Yokoyama, Sumi*; Hamada, Nobuyuki*; Tsujimura, Norio; Kunugita, Naoki*; Nishida, Kazutaka*; Ezaki, Iwao*; Kato, Masahiro*; Okubo, Hideki*

International Journal of Radiation Biology, 99(4), p.604 - 619, 2023/04

 Times Cited Count:0 Percentile:23.84(Biology)

In April 2011, the International Commission on Radiological Protection recommended reducing the occupational equivalent dose limit for the lens. Such a new occupational lens dose limit has thus far been implemented in many countries, and there are extensive discussions toward its regulatory implementation in other countries. In Japan, discussions in the Japan Health Physics Society (JHPS) began in April 2013 and in Radiation Council in July 2017, and the new occupational lens dose limit was implemented into regulation in April 2021. To share our experience, we have published a series of papers summarizing situations in Japan: the first paper based on information available by early 2017, and the second paper by early 2019. This paper (our third paper of this series) aims to review updated information available by mid-2022, such as regarding regulatory implementation of the new occupational lens dose limit, recent discussions by relevant ministries based on the opinion from the council, establishment process of safety and health management systems, the JHPS guidelines on lens dose monitoring and radiation safety, voluntary countermeasures of the licensees, development of lens dose calibration method, and recent studies on exposure of the lens in nuclear workers and biological effect on the lens.

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Radiation exposure to the lens of the eye for Japanese nuclear power plant workers

Yokoyama, Sumi*; Tatsuzaki, Hideo*; Tanimura, Yoshihiko; Yoshitomi, Hiroshi; Hirao, Shigekazu*; Aoki, Katsunori; Tachiki, Shuichi*; Ezaki, Iwao*; Hoshi, Katsuya; Tsujimura, Norio

Journal of Radiological Protection, 42(3), p.031504_1 - 031504_17, 2022/09

 Times Cited Count:1 Percentile:33.72(Environmental Sciences)

In Japan, the radiation-dose limit for the lens of the eye was revised in April 2021. Consequently, for workers, the numerical values of the equivalent dose to the lens of the eye are equal to those of the effective dose. Radiation workers, radiation safety officers and licensees must comply with regulations related to radiation protection and optimize protection. The new guidelines on dose monitoring of the lens of the eye developed by the Japan Health Physics Society recommend for the dose to be estimated near the eye for accurate estimation, when the dose to the lens approaches or exceeds the management criteria. However, there is limited information regarding the non-uniform exposure of nuclear power plant workers. In this study, the dose equivalents of high-dose-rate workplaces and the personal doses of 88 workers were estimated at four Japanese commercial nuclear power plant sites (RWR: 3 units and BWR: 3 units) and the dose to the lens of the eye and the exposure situations of the workers were analyzed.

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Measurements of the doses of eye lens for the workers of Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant

Yokoyama, Sumi*; Ezaki, Iwao*; Tatsuzaki, Hideo*; Tachiki, Shuichi*; Hirao, Shigekazu*; Aoki, Katsunori; Tanimura, Yoshihiko; Hoshi, Katsuya; Yoshitomi, Hiroshi; Tsujimura, Norio

Radiation Measurements, 138, p.106399_1 - 106399_5, 2020/11

 Times Cited Count:2 Percentile:24.76(Nuclear Science & Technology)

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Eye lens dosimetry for workers at Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station, 1; Outline of the research and results of dose measurement for the workers

Yokoyama, Sumi*; Ezaki, Iwao*; Aoki, Katsunori; Tatsuzaki, Hideo*; Hirao, Shigekazu*; Tachiki, Shuichi*; Yoshitomi, Hiroshi; Hoshi, Katsuya; Tanimura, Yoshihiko; Oguchi, Hiroyuki*; et al.

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no abstracts in English

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Eye lens dosimetry for workers at Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station, 2; Summary of personal dose measurement and dosimeter comparison

Ezaki, Iwao*; Aoki, Katsunori; Tatsuzaki, Hideo*; Tachiki, Shuichi*; Hirao, Shigekazu*; Yoshitomi, Hiroshi; Hoshi, Katsuya; Tanimura, Yoshihiko; Oguchi, Hiroyuki*; Tsujimura, Norio; et al.

no journal, , 

no abstracts in English

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Study on optimization method for contamination inspection of vehicles in nuclear emergency, 1; Quick measurement by existent portable radiation portal monitors for vehicles

Hiraoka, Hirokazu; Kawasaki, Kohei*; Kimura, Masanori; Togawa, Orihiko; Saito, Shota; Ezaki, Iwao*

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When the nuclear emergency occurs, inhabitants take the contamination inspection to evacuate. A large number of vehicle will come to the inspection area and make there congested. To do the quick inspection, simultaneous measurement of tires and wipers using the portable radiation portal monitors for vehicles is a key point. Consequently, we attempted the count rates obtained from tires and wipers are discriminated. First, the vehicle was driven at 5 km/h and the $$gamma$$-ray counts rate was measured by the monitor. $$^{133}$$Ba sources were attached around the tire or on the wiper and measurements were taken 30 times each. Next, discrimination conditions based on a linear function were applied to the normalized count rates, with the maximum count rate of the measured values (Net value) set to 1.0, to evaluate the discrimination accuracy between the tire and the wiper. The evaluation results showed that the pattern with the source attached around the tire correctly discriminated 29 out of 30 times, while the pattern with the source attached on the wiper correctly discriminated 20 out of 30 times. It was found that in order to improve the accuracy of discrimination, the measurement method must be improved so that there is a large difference between measured values of the tire and the wiper.

Oral presentation

Study on optimization method for contamination inspection of vehicles in nuclear emergency, 2; Confirmation of the usefulness of the new set-up for portable radiation portal monitors for vehicles

Kawasaki, Kohei*; Hiraoka, Hirokazu; Ezaki, Iwao*; Kimura, Masanori; Togawa, Orihiko; Saito, Shota

no journal, , 

Vehicles carrying evacuees during a nuclear emergency are subject to contamination inspections, and the operation of screening by measuring tires and wiper are required. The introduction of portable radiation portal monitors for vehicles is expected to be quick tire inspections, however, it is difficult to inspect the tire and the wiper at the same time, so further speeding up the inspection process is an issue. In this study, we attempted to discriminate each type of contamination by using a different the new set up of detectors for the purpose of simultaneous inspection of tires and wiper. We will report the usefulness of the new set up and the results of simulation calculations of detector response under realistic contamination assumptions.

Oral presentation

Study on optimization method for contamination inspection of vehicles in nuclear emergency, 3; Verification of discriminative ability for contamination by the new set-up for portable radiation portal monitors for vehicles

Hiraoka, Hirokazu; Kawasaki, Kohei*; Kimura, Masanori; Togawa, Orihiko; Saito, Shota; Ezaki, Iwao*

no journal, , 

In nuclear emergency, vehicles which evacuating inhabitants use be taken the contamination inspection. For the quick inspection, it seems that realization of simultaneous inspection of tires and wipers by portable radiation portal monitors for vehicles is necessary. In order to fulfill the simultaneous inspection, the authors develop the measuring method which is able to suitably distinguish and evaluate each contamination. Monte Carlo simulation showed ahead that the new set-up of detectors improves the discriminative ability for contamination. In this study, based on the simulation results, the authors attached radiation sources to a vehicle, and verified the ability by the new-setup. As a result, the ability improved compared to one of the usual method.

Oral presentation

Applicability evaluation of lung monitor measurement for simultaneous ingestion of multiple nuclides assuming decommissioning work of Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant

Watanabe, Yuki; Hosomi, Kenji; Kawasaki, Kohei*; Ezaki, Iwao*; Takada, Chie

no journal, , 

no abstracts in English

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