Lung dose conversion factors for emergency bioassay for selected radionuclides

Journal Article · Sat Jun 01 00:00:00 EDT 1991 · Radiation Protection Management; (United States)

OSTI ID:5227941

Haider, T K ^[1]; Eichholz, G G ^[2]

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1. Mary Regional Hospital, Columbia, TN (US)
2. Georgia Inst. of Tech., Atlanta, GA (United States)

A practical problem in internal dosimetry arises when an individual is accidentally exposed to airborne radioactive materials. Normal procedure would call for urine analysis to establish the presence of any body burden and to permit an assessment of the radiological consequences of this event. Current assessment procedures, based on ICRP 30 methodology, are largely directed to steady-state chronic exposures. This paper presents the procedure for obtaining conversion coefficients on the basis of the ICRP 30 model for the lung doses resulting from singular inhalation events as deduced from measurements on excreta. Tables are presented for the fraction of the annual limit of intake (ALI) represented by unit activity in the excreta as a function of sampling time and the concomitant dose commitments.

• OSTI ID: 5227941
• Journal Information: Radiation Protection Management; (United States), Vol. 8:3; ISSN 0740-0640
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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61 RADIATION PROTECTION AND DOSIMETRY
63 RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRON. POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGS. AND BIOL. MAT.
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
LUNGS
DOSIMETRY
RADIATION DOSES
RADIOACTIVE EFFLUENTS
ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSPORT
RADIATION MONITORING
AMERICIUM 241
CESIUM 134
CESIUM 137
COBALT 60
IODINE 125
IODINE 131
PLUTONIUM 238
RADIATION PROTECTION
RADIONUCLIDE KINETICS
STRONTIUM 89
STRONTIUM 90
URANIUM 233
URANIUM 235
URANIUM 238
ACTINIDE ISO
ACTINIDE ISOTOPES
ACTINIDE NUCLEI
ALKALI METAL ISOTOPES
ALKALINE EARTH ISOTOPES
ALPHA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
AMERICIUM ISOTOPES
BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BODY
CESIUM ISOTOPES
COBALT ISOTOPES
DAYS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
DOSES
ELECTRON CAPTURE RADIOISOTOPES
EVEN-EVEN NUCLEI
EVEN-ODD NUCLEI
HEAVY ION DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
HEAVY NUCLEI
HOURS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI
INTERNAL CONVERSION RADIOISOTOPES
IODINE ISOTOPES
ISOMERIC TRANSI
ISOMERIC TRANSITION ISOTOPES
ISOTOPES
MASS TRANSFER
MATERIALS
MINUTES LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
MONITORING
NEON 24 DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
NUCLEI
ODD-EVEN NUCLEI
ODD-ODD NUCLEI
ORGANS
PLUTONIUM ISOTOPES
RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS
RADIOACTIVE WASTES
RADIOISOTOPES
RESPIRATORY SYSTEM
SILICON 32 DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
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