Discrepancies in committed effective dose equivalents calculated using U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Regulatory Guide 8.34.

abstract：:Radon-222 concentrations in the air of 12 tourist caves in Slovenia, Yugoslavia were measured. In almost all the caves concentrations are higher than in the outdoor air, with the highest concentration in the Tabor Cave at about 6000 Bq m-3. From the 222Rn concentrations obtained, the activity of 222Rn inhaled by a vis...

journal_title：Health physics

authors： Kobal I,Smodis B,Burger J,Skofljanec M

更新日期：1987-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Experience gained from involvement in a number of emergency response activities since September 2001 in Texas indicated that the likely roles of statewide medical reserve corps units typically included aspects such as crowd control, registration and tracking, and information management. The need for training specifica...

journal_title：Health physics

authors： Emery RJ,Sprau DD,Morecook RC,Herbold J

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this article an overview of the historical development of light water reactor health physics programs is presented. Operational health physics programs have developed and matured as experience in operating and maintaining light water reactors has been gained. Initial programs grew quickly in both size and complexit...

journal_title：Health physics

authors： Prince RJ,Bradley SE

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study provides a retrospective assessment of doses to 13 organs for the most common radiographic examinations conducted between the 1930s and 2010, taking into account typical technical parameters used for radiography during those years. This study is intended to be a resource on changes in medical diagnostic rad...

journal_title：Health physics

authors： Melo DR,Miller DL,Chang L,Moroz B,Linet MS,Simon SL

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using a series of daily measurements of 125I in the drinking water of North Surrey, England, from November 1988 through May 1990, the accumulated activities in the thyroids of adults drinking such water were calculated on the assumption that the fraction of ingested iodine taken up by the thyroid was f = 0.3 and the t...

journal_title：Health physics

authors： Bowlt C,Howe JR

更新日期：1992-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diagnostic radiology dosimeters should comply with International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) 61674 standard in order to perform measurements with sufficient accuracy and reliability. The calibration of a dosimeter is performed under, and pertains to, reference conditions. However, in most cases, dosimeters are u...

journal_title：Health physics

authors： Hourdakis CJ,Boziari A,Manetou A

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:While much of the language used to express the concepts of radiation protection works effectively, there are many ill-chosen names and phrases and much jargon that permeate our professional speech and writing. From the oxymoron "internal exposure" to the "snarl word" "decay," there is much room for improvement. This e...

journal_title：Health physics

authors： Strom DJ,Watson CR

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The thermoluminescent (TL) response to ultraviolet irradiation of CaF2:Tm phosphor is affected by pre-irradiation high-temperature treatment. The experimental results indicate that the maximum intrinsic TL output is about 2000 times higher for 1000 degrees C treatment than when not treated. TL stability for this phosp...

journal_title：Health physics

authors： Li SH,Hsu PC,Weng PS

更新日期：1991-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A system for evaluating quality factors, Q, based on the microdosimetric distribution of the radiation field of interest has been set up; it makes use of a specific quality function (SQF) to obtain--given microdosimetric spectra--values for Q. The advantages of a system based on lineal energy are well recognized. Furt...

journal_title：Health physics

authors： Zaider M

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Radioactive sources have been inadvertently incorporated into consignments of scrap metal in various locations throughout the world. In 1990, a 3.7 GBq 137 Cs source, due for transfer from a Scottish industrial establishment to one in England, was mistakenly included in a scrap consignment destined for Irish Steel, a ...

journal_title：Health physics

authors： O'Grady JO,Hone C,Turvey FJ

更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As part of the UK Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food Directorate of Fisheries Research (MAFF/DFR) post-Chernobyl monitoring program, a detailed study was carried out of the change over time in dissolved-phase 137Cs concentrations in a number of lakes in Cumbria, UK. These measurements have been combined with p...

journal_title：Health physics

authors： Smith JT,Leonard DR,Hilton J,Appleby PG

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:For decades, radiation protection philosophy and practice have been the domain of professionals trained in the physical and medical sciences. Radiation protection policy was formulated and implemented largely without consultation with or participation by other professional disciplines or the general public. Although, ...

journal_title：Health physics

authors： Florig HK

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The standard mathematical treatment of the buildup and decay of airborne radionuclides on a filter paper uses the solutions of the so-called Bateman equations adapted to the sampling process. These equations can be interpreted as differential equations for the expectation of an underlying stochastic process, which des...

journal_title：Health physics

authors： Groer PG,Lo Y

更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Design and associated good practices are described for a modular glovebox connector to improve control of radioactive and chemically toxic materials. The connector consists of an anodized aluminum circular port with a mating spacer, gaskets, and retaining rings for joining two parallel ends of commercially available o...

journal_title：Health physics

authors： Hoover MD,Mewhinney CJ,Newton GJ

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Depleted uranium (DU) munitions were initially used by the United States (U.S.) military during the first Persian Gulf War in 1991 in order to penetrate heavily armored vehicles. However, as a result of friendly fire, several U.S. military personnel received intakes from DU munitions. One of the ongoing concerns for t...

journal_title：Health physics

authors： Walkingstick MT,Krage ES,Brey RR

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This work describes the design, development, and characterization of an ionization chamber to detect and locate gamma ray sources with intensities down to 100 mu Gy h(-1). The results show that sources of x ray and gamma radiation in the energy range of 14 to 1,250 keV can be located. The directional sensitivity of th...

journal_title：Health physics

authors： Kronenberg S,Bruckner GJ,Bechtel E,Gentner F

更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The possibility of the occurrence of radiation accidents is increasing in the Asian region. However, training/education programs for medical professionals have not been established to improve the medical preparedness for radiation emergencies in the Asian region. As one of the activities for radiation emergency medica...

journal_title：Health physics

authors： Park KD,Jang M,Akashi M

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This work summarizes the measurements and associated environmental dosimetry of reactor-released 137Cs and 134Cs and weapons-produced 137Cs in samples of water, shoreline sediment and fish collected from 1971 to 1980 in the Hudson River Estuary. Trends observed in annual mean concentrations and the resultant dose impl...

journal_title：Health physics

authors： Linsalata P,Hickman D,Cohen N

更新日期：1986-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Radiation doses to workers at the Manhattan Engineer District (MED) and Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) sites due to external irradiation during 1940-1960 are reviewed. Categorized radiation dose data were available from AEC annual reports for some years. Annual individual radiation dose data for nine MED/AEC sites for...

journal_title：Health physics

authors： Strom DJ,Smith MH,Swinth KL,Pettengill HJ

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The novel technique for measuring the water content in lungs based on the slowing down of fast neutrons has been improved making possible its clinical use on patients. This goal has been reached by performing computer simulations that closely mimic the experimental setup and by acquiring a new set of measurements obta...

journal_title：Health physics

authors： Campi F,Dionigi F

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Available medical records of plutonium injectees exposed in experimental studies of plutonium biokinetics under Manhattan Engineer District auspices have been reviewed for subsequent medical findings potentially related to the plutonium exposures. Five subjects who had been injected with approximately 11 kBq 239Pu, an...

journal_title：Health physics

authors： Stebbings JH

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Brookhaven National Laboratory Sigma Pile is a radium-beryllium neutron source imbedded in a cube of graphite blocks. The pile is approximately 2.13 m on four sides and is 3.07 m high. Thermoluminescent dosimeters were used to determine the neutron and gamma-ray dose rates in the pile. Gamma-ray dose rate measurem...

journal_title：Health physics

authors： Holden NE,Reciniello RN,Hu JP

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sometimes the results of measurements in radioactivity are reported as less than MDA. Over the years there have been articles informing the reader that it is incorrect to express the results of measurements as less than MDA. A very brief review of past comments on expressing the results of measurements precedes a disc...

journal_title：Health physics

authors： Potter WE

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Radio frequency currents in the human body, induced by high-frequency and medium-frequency high-power broadcast antennas, were studied theoretically and experimentally. An analytical formula was derived to calculate the foot currents in a grounded semispheroidal model of the human body. The model agrees within 30% wit...

journal_title：Health physics

authors： Jokela K,Puranen L,Gandhi OP

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Medical University of South Carolina is currently participating in clinical trials of 131I radiolabeled Anti-B1 antibody for treatment of Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. Under current South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control regulatory guidelines,; these patients are required to be admitted to the hos...

journal_title：Health physics

authors： Ryan MT,Spicer KM,Frei-Lahr D,Samei E,Frey GD,Hargrove H,Bloodworth G

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this statement, the International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection (ICNIRP) presents its principles for protection against adverse health effects from exposure to non-ionizing radiation. These are based upon the principles for protection against ionizing radiation of the International Commission for ...

journal_title：Health physics

authors：

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The assessment of doses related to exposures to ionizing radiation is an essential part of all applications of ionizing radiation including radiation medicine, radiation protection, radiation biology, radiation epidemiology, and also industrial uses of radiation. Absorbed dose is generally considered to be the fundame...

journal_title：Health physics

authors： Menzel HG

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the process of decommissioning a tritium-handling laboratory, direct-immersion and water-extraction methods for measuring tritium contamination in concrete were compared to a heating-cooling method. For this evaluation, concrete pieces chipped from contaminated concrete walls and floors were used. The direct-immers...

journal_title：Health physics

authors： Kawano T,Kuroyanagi M,Tabei T

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent work involving the decommissioning of a former ceramic manufacturing facility licensed by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission for activities involving depleted uranium oxide has uncovered the presence of unexpected high levels of natural radioactivity in non-licensed zirconium oxide powders also used in the same ...

journal_title：Health physics

authors： Lischinsky J,Vigliani MA,Allard DJ

更新日期：1991-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Mayak Production Association (MPA) was the first plutonium production plant in the former Soviet Union. Workers at the MPA were exposed to relatively large internal radiation intakes and external radiation exposures, particularly in the early years of plant operations. This paper describes the updated dosimetry da...

journal_title：Health physics

authors： Vasilenko EK,Khokhryakov VF,Miller SC,Fix JJ,Eckerman K,Choe DO,Gorelov M,Khokhryakov VV,Knyasev V,Krahenbuhl MP,Scherpelz RI,Smetanin M,Suslova K,Vostrotin V

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00