Review of dosimetry for the atomic bomb survivors
An up-to-date review of dosimetry for the atomic bomb survivors was recently requested by the National Council on Radiation Protection through the US Department of Energy. The primary purpose of the review was to determine if the large leukemia risk found by Rossi and Mays at low neutron exposure levels in Hiroshima was real or if it was the result of a bias in the current T65D system of dosimetry for the atomic bomb survivors. The possibility of a bias existed because the Nagasaki and Hiroshima weapons were of radically different design and construction. This article summarizes and discusses results of some 1980-1981 studies of neutron and gamma-ray exposure to the atomic bomb survivors by W.E. Loewe and E. Mendelsohn of the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, D.C. Kaul and W.H. Scott of Science Applications, Inc., and J.V. Pace of the Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Other special studies that are now under way to complete the review are also discussed. The expert assistance of others in these special studies is being supported in part by the US Department of Energy and in part by the US Defense Nuclear Agency.
- Research Organization:
- Oak Ridge National Lab., TN
- OSTI ID:
- 6602657
- Journal Information:
- Nucl. Saf.; (United States), Vol. 23:5
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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