Abstract
A national survey of whole-body radioactivity was undertaken. A mobile whole-body counter visited collaborating Medical Physics Departments and Hospitals in England and Wales. Data were also obtained from an installed whole-body counter at the West Cumberland Hospital, Whitehaven, and from a control site at Addenbrooke`s Hospital, Cambridge. 1657 volunteer members of the public were measured, including 162 children. 36% of volunteers had been measured in a similar survey 2 years earlier, and showed between a two and five fold reduction in body radiocaesium. No radiocaesium was detected in 54% of people measured. Measurements showed a progressive fall over the course of the study, reaching a baseline of 0.3 Bq{sup 137}Cs/gK. In 1989, the additional radiation dose incurred from radiocaesium varied from a maximum of 4.1 {mu}Sv in Cumbria to 1.5 {mu}Sv in the South East, compared with the average annual radiation dose of 2500 {mu}Sv due to all other causes. No other gamma-emitting radionuclides were found. Results are consistent with Chernobyl as the source of the radiocaesium detected. (author).
Fenwick, J D;
Boddy, K;
McKenzie, A L;
Oxby, C B
[1]
- Northern Regional Health Authority (United Kingdom). Regional Medical Physics Dept.
Citation Formats
Fenwick, J D, Boddy, K, McKenzie, A L, and Oxby, C B.
Measurements of whole-body radioactivity in the UK population.
United Kingdom: N. p.,
1992.
Web.
Fenwick, J D, Boddy, K, McKenzie, A L, & Oxby, C B.
Measurements of whole-body radioactivity in the UK population.
United Kingdom.
Fenwick, J D, Boddy, K, McKenzie, A L, and Oxby, C B.
1992.
"Measurements of whole-body radioactivity in the UK population."
United Kingdom.
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title = {Measurements of whole-body radioactivity in the UK population}
author = {Fenwick, J D, Boddy, K, McKenzie, A L, and Oxby, C B}
abstractNote = {A national survey of whole-body radioactivity was undertaken. A mobile whole-body counter visited collaborating Medical Physics Departments and Hospitals in England and Wales. Data were also obtained from an installed whole-body counter at the West Cumberland Hospital, Whitehaven, and from a control site at Addenbrooke`s Hospital, Cambridge. 1657 volunteer members of the public were measured, including 162 children. 36% of volunteers had been measured in a similar survey 2 years earlier, and showed between a two and five fold reduction in body radiocaesium. No radiocaesium was detected in 54% of people measured. Measurements showed a progressive fall over the course of the study, reaching a baseline of 0.3 Bq{sup 137}Cs/gK. In 1989, the additional radiation dose incurred from radiocaesium varied from a maximum of 4.1 {mu}Sv in Cumbria to 1.5 {mu}Sv in the South East, compared with the average annual radiation dose of 2500 {mu}Sv due to all other causes. No other gamma-emitting radionuclides were found. Results are consistent with Chernobyl as the source of the radiocaesium detected. (author).}
place = {United Kingdom}
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}
title = {Measurements of whole-body radioactivity in the UK population}
author = {Fenwick, J D, Boddy, K, McKenzie, A L, and Oxby, C B}
abstractNote = {A national survey of whole-body radioactivity was undertaken. A mobile whole-body counter visited collaborating Medical Physics Departments and Hospitals in England and Wales. Data were also obtained from an installed whole-body counter at the West Cumberland Hospital, Whitehaven, and from a control site at Addenbrooke`s Hospital, Cambridge. 1657 volunteer members of the public were measured, including 162 children. 36% of volunteers had been measured in a similar survey 2 years earlier, and showed between a two and five fold reduction in body radiocaesium. No radiocaesium was detected in 54% of people measured. Measurements showed a progressive fall over the course of the study, reaching a baseline of 0.3 Bq{sup 137}Cs/gK. In 1989, the additional radiation dose incurred from radiocaesium varied from a maximum of 4.1 {mu}Sv in Cumbria to 1.5 {mu}Sv in the South East, compared with the average annual radiation dose of 2500 {mu}Sv due to all other causes. No other gamma-emitting radionuclides were found. Results are consistent with Chernobyl as the source of the radiocaesium detected. (author).}
place = {United Kingdom}
year = {1992}
month = {Dec}
}