Assessment of the Potential Radiation Hazard of the Adrasman Tailing Dump (Tajikistan) for the Population Living Around It

Ulmas Mirsaidov; Kholmurod Maripovich Nazarov; Boboev Begmurot Dustovich; Rahimberdiev Shukurjon Akhmatkulovich; Mukhamedova Svetlana Galievna; Matin Zafarjonovich Akhmedov

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Assessment of the Potential Radiation Hazard of the Adrasman Tailing Dump (Tajikistan) for the Population Living Around It

Ulmas Mirsaidov, Kholmurod Maripovich Nazarov, Boboev Begmurot Dustovich, Rahimberdiev Shukurjon Akhmatkulovich, Mukhamedova Svetlana Galievna, Matin Zafarjonovich Akhmedov

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The article features the outcomes of radiation monitoring in the territory of the Adrasman tailing dump and around it. Radiation monitoring was carried out by dividing the study area into several parts using the PackEye FHT1377 radiation detection kit. Some local points with increased values of ambient dose rate of gamma radiation were discovered. This is due to the transfer of radioactive material from the body of the tailing dump through atmospheric precipitation waters. Mudflows after heavy rains, flowing over the surface of the tailing dump, destroy its coating on the edges and carry the tailing material down the relief, polluting the environment. It has been established that at the destroyed boundary of the radioactive Adrasman tailing dump, the ambient dose rate reaches 3.7 µSv/h. Within the populated part of the Adrasman settlement, the ambient dose rate ranges from 0.10 to 0.30 µSv/h. The situation is aggravated by the fact that the contaminated area is used by residents of nearby houses for agricultural production and livestock grazing, as well as the use of tailing material in the construction of residential buildings. These circumstances negatively affect the radiation situation in this area. The study results demonstrated that the values of annual radiation doses are in the range from 3.15 to 21.47 mSv/year. The most significant contribution to exposure is made by: external gamma radiation; radon emitted from the surface of the tailing dump (if people stay on its surface); radon emitted from the structures of houses in the construction of which tailing materials were used. The given estimate of the dose up to 21.47 mSv/year is quite high and unacceptable in comparison with the accepted safe dose limit for the population of 1 mSv/year over the natural background. Based on the results of the radioecological monitoring carried out, it is proposed: to stabilize the radiation situation and to prevent the tailing material from being washed away, to build a drainage channel; in the future, aimed at actually improving the radiation situation, to carry out a set of reclamation measures in the area of the radioactive Adrasman tailing dump.

Published in	Journal of Health and Environmental Research (Volume 8, Issue 2)
DOI	10.11648/j.jher.20220802.20
Page(s)	151-158
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Adrasman, Tailing Dump, Radiation, Monitoring, Dosimeter, Radiometer of Radon, Dose, Assessment

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Ulmas Mirsaidov, Kholmurod Maripovich Nazarov, Boboev Begmurot Dustovich, Rahimberdiev Shukurjon Akhmatkulovich, Mukhamedova Svetlana Galievna, et al. Assessment of the Potential Radiation Hazard of the Adrasman Tailing Dump (Tajikistan) for the Population Living Around It. J Health Environ Res. 2022;8(2):151-158. doi: 10.11648/j.jher.20220802.20

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Ulmas Mirsaidov

Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Safety and Security Agency, National Academy of Sciences of Tajikistan, Dushanbe, Tajikistan
Kholmurod Maripovich Nazarov

Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Safety and Security Agency, National Academy of Sciences of Tajikistan, Dushanbe, Tajikistan
Boboev Begmurot Dustovich

Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Safety and Security Agency, National Academy of Sciences of Tajikistan, Dushanbe, Tajikistan
Rahimberdiev Shukurjon Akhmatkulovich

Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Safety and Security Agency, National Academy of Sciences of Tajikistan, Dushanbe, Tajikistan
Mukhamedova Svetlana Galievna

Department of Histology, Cytology and Embryology, First Moscow State Medical University Named After I. M. Sechenov, Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, Moscow, Russian Federation
Matin Zafarjonovich Akhmedov

Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Safety and Security Agency, National Academy of Sciences of Tajikistan, Dushanbe, Tajikistan

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AU  - Kholmurod Maripovich Nazarov
AU  - Boboev Begmurot Dustovich
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