Implications of scientific and technological developments for radiation protection in the next decade
There are scientific and technological developments taking place that will affect the understanding of the interaction of ionizing radiation with matter, the ability to measure the important parameters of ionizing radiation, and the ability to model radioactivity transport, both in the human body and in the environment. This paper focuses on emerging scientific and technological developments that will impact radiation protection in the next decade. Emerging scientific developments included in this paper are new methods and better analytic capabilities in epidemiology, a better understanding of the interactions between ionizing radiation and the various cellular components and more realistic models to describe the uptake, distribution, retention and excretion of radionuclides in humans. Technological developments include instruments to measure radioactivity in the humans and the environment, and better software to calculate doses from these previously measured quantities.
- Research Organization:
- Pacific Northwest Lab., Richland, WA (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC06-76RL01830
- OSTI ID:
- 10107400
- Report Number(s):
- PNL-SA-21776; CONF-930181-2; ON: DE95004562; TRN: AHC29505%%63
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: Workshop on radiation protection toward the turn of the century,Paris (France),11-13 Jan 1993; Other Information: PBD: Jan 1993
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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