Dose calculation for contamination of the skin using the computer code VARSKIN

Technical Report · Sat Aug 01 04:00:00 EDT 1987

OSTI ID:6212425

Traub, R J; Reece, W D; Scherpelz, R I; Sigalla, L A

This report describes a method for computing the radiation dose to the skin from radioactive contamination on the skin. The method is based on tables of absorbed energy distributions around point sources in water. The method has been implemented in a computer code, VARSKIN, that will compute the radiation dose at a specified depth in the skin from a radiation source ranging in size from a point to a disc having a 100-cm/sup 2/ area. This report contains a source code listing of the computer code and tables of dose factors that have been derived from the code, as well as sample runs and user instructions. This report also discusses the contamination level that corresponds to the recording level described by the International Commission on Radiological Protetion. 33 refs., 4 figs., 4 tabs.

• Research Organization: Pacific Northwest Lab., Richland, WA (USA); Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC (USA). Div. of Regulatory Applications
• DOE Contract Number: AC06-76RL01830
• OSTI ID: 6212425
• Report Number(s): NUREG/CR-4418; PNL-5610; ON: TI87014051
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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