Journal of Radiation Protection and Research

The Korean Association for Radiation Protection (대한방사선방어학회)
권호 표지
DOI QR코드

DOI QR Code

Effect of Agricultural Countermeasures on Ingestion Dose Following a Nuclear Accident

  • Received : 2018.11.01
  • Accepted : 2019.01.03
  • Published : 2019.03.31
Download PDF
⟨ Previous Next ⟩

Abstract

Background: Management of an agricultural food product system following a nuclear accident is indispensable for reducing radiation exposure due to ingestion of contaminated food. The present study analyzes the effect of agricultural countermeasures on ingestion dose following a nuclear accident. Materials and Methods: Agricultural countermeasures suitable for domestic farming environments were selected by referring to the countermeasures applied after the Fukushima accident in Japan. The avertable ingestion doses that could be obtained by implementing the selected countermeasures were calculated using the Korean Agricultural Countermeasure Analysis Program (K-ACAP) to investigate the efficiency of each countermeasure. Results and Discussion: Of the selected countermeasures, the management of crops was effective when radionuclide deposition occurred during the growing season of plants. Treatment by soil additive and topsoil removal was effective when deposition occurred during the nongrowing season of plants. The disposal of milk was not effective owing to the small contribution of milk to the overall ingestion dose. Clean feeding of livestock was effective when deposition occurred during the growing season of fodder plants such as pasture and rice-straw. Finally, the effect of food restriction increased with the soil deposition density of radionuclide. The practical effect of countermeasures was very small when the avertable ingestion dose was absolutely low. Conclusion: The agricultural countermeasures selected to reduce the radionuclide ingestion dose after a nuclear accident must be made appropriate by considering the accident situation, such as the soil deposition density of the radionuclide and the deposition date in relation to farming cycles.

Keywords

References

  1. Howard BJ, Fesenko S, Balanov M, Prohl G, Nakayama S. A comparison of remediation after the Chernobyl and Fukushima Daiichi accidents. Radiat. Prot. Dosim. 2017;173(1-3):170-176.
  2. Segal MG. Agricultural countermeasures following deposition of radioactivity after a nuclear accident. Sci. Total. Environ. 1993; 137:31-48. https://doi.org/10.1016/0048-9697(93)90376-H
  3. Fesenko SV, Alexakhin RM, Balonov MI, Bogdevitch IM, Howard BJ, Kashparov VA, Sanzharova NI, Panov AV, Voigt G, Zhuchenka YM. An extended critical review of twenty years of countermeasures used in agriculture after the Chernobyl accident. Sci. Total. Environ. 2007;383:1-24. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2007.05.011
  4. European approach to nuclear and radiological emergency management and rehabilitation strategies. Generic handbook for assessing in the management of contaminated food production systems in Europe following a radiological emergency, EURANOS(CAT1)-TN(09)-01, 2009;1-407.
  5. Jacobsen LH, Andersson KG, Charnock T, Kaiser JC, Gering F, Hoe SC, Larsen LJ. Implementation in ARGOS of ERMIN and AGRICP. Radioprotection. 2010;45(5):S191-S198. https://doi.org/10.1051/radiopro/2010025
  6. International Atomic Energy Agency. The Fukushima Daiichi accident. Technical Volume 5/5 Post-accident recovery. 2015; 1-56.
  7. Nakano M, Yong RN. Overview of rehabilitation schemes for farmlands contaminated with radioactive cesium released from Fukushima power plant. Eng. Geol. 2013;155:87-93. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enggeo.2012.12.010
  8. Japan Atomic Energy Agency. Use of knowledge and experience gained from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station accident to establish the technical basis for strategic off-site response. JAEA-review 2015-001. 2015;44-57.
  9. Nakanishi TM, Tanoi K. (editors) Agricultural implications of the Fukushima nuclear accident, Graduate school of agricultural and life sciences. First Ed. Tokyo, Springer Open, 2013;120-131.
  10. Yang B, Onda Y, Ohmori Y, Sekimoto H, Fujiwara T, Wakiyama Y, Yoshimura K, Takahashi J, Sun X. Effect of topsoil removal and selective countermeasures on radiocesium accumulation in rice plants in Fukushima paddy field. Sci. Total. Environ. 2017;603-604:49-56. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.06.026
  11. Kato N, Kihou N, Fujimura S, Ikeda M, Miyazaki N, Saito Y, Eguchi T, Itoh S. Potassium fertilizer and other materials as countermeasures to reduce radiocesium levels in rice: results of urgent experiments in 2011 responding to the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant accident. Soil. Sci. Plant. Nutr. 2015;.61(2):179-190. https://doi.org/10.1080/00380768.2014.995584
  12. Yang B, Onda Y, Wakiyama Y, Yoshimura K, Sekimoto H, Ha Y. Temporal changes of radiocesium in irrigated paddy fields and its accumulation in rice plants in Fukushima. Environ. Pollut. 2015;208:562-570. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2015.10.030
  13. Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute. Attributable properties for agricultural countermeasures after nuclear accident and analysis of countermeasures effects, KAERI/TR-7320/2018. 2018;37-52.
  14. Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute. Model (K-PUBDOSE) to evaluate the ingestion dose following a nuclear accident. KAERI/TR-7181/2018. 2018;47-70.
  15. Keum DK, Jeong HJ, Jun I, Lim KM, Choi YH. Assessing the activity concentration of agricultural products and the public ingestion dose as results of a nuclear accident. J. Radiat. Prot. Res. 2018;43(2):39-49. https://doi.org/10.14407/jrpr.2018.43.2.39
  16. United nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation, Report to the general assembly, scientific annex A: levels and effects of radiation exposure due to the nuclear accident after the 2011 great East-Japan earthquake and tsunami. UNSCEAR 2013 Report Volume I. 2014;36-38.

Cited by

  1. Uptake and elemental distribution of radiosilver 108mAg and radiocesium 137Cs in shiitake mushrooms (Lentinula edodes) vol.322, pp.3, 2019, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-019-06778-1