Dose rates for several organs in a human from contaminated soil and hot particles using the QAD computer code.

Abstract:

:Dose rates from contaminated soil and hot particles have been calculated for several organs of a reference human. The calculation was performed using the computer code QAD-CGGP, a point kernel code employing combinatorial geometry for the representation of the human phantom. QAD uses buildup factors based on the geometric progression form, a buildup factor representation adopted by the American Nuclear Standards Committee. The results indicate that QAD is a powerful and easy-to-run code that produces useful results for practicing health physicists.

journal_name

Health Phys

journal_title

Health physics

authors

Tsoulfanidis N,Phillips K

doi

10.1097/00004032-199111000-00010

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1991-11-01 00:00:00

pages

653-63

issue

5

eissn

0017-9078

issn

1538-5159

journal_volume

61

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