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Do Chernobyl hot particles represent a public health hazard? (Biomedical and dosimetric aspects of hot particles)

Abstract

A model is developed to assess the risk of lung cancer from hot particle (HP) inhalation. It is based on linear dimensions of the lings parts, their histological structure, HP dose distribution radiobiological HP impact factors. The deposition probability of different aerosol size HP is estimated for various parts of human respiratory system. The epithelium on bronchial tree and the secretory cells in bronchial glands are identified as most sensitive to HP. A comparison of radiobiological effects of uniform and discrete radiation sources was carried out on culture of embryonic mouse fibroblasts. For doses up to 10{sup -3} Gy there is a good agreement between experimentally obtained HP-induced F and theoretical curves. As the dose increases the experimental value of F reaches a peak at 1 Gy which is not predicted theoretically. The coefficients of blast transformation induced by HP and by uniform radiation become equal at 3 Gy. Above 3 Gy the uniform radiation becomes 10 -10{sup 3} times more dangerous. It is concluded that local point-source irradiation by a HP is associated with 10 - 10{sup 3} times less risk of radiation-induced tumour than irradiation with the same activity idistributed diffusely. 27 figs., 13 tabs., 59 refs.
Publication Date:
Dec 31, 1993
Product Type:
Miscellaneous
Report Number:
INIS-mf-14783; CONF-9309513-
Reference Number:
SCA: 220502; 560101; PA: AIX-27:044296; EDB-96:092273; NTS-96:018668; SN: 96001603148
Resource Relation:
Conference: Regional meeting on the radiological impacts of hot beta particles from the Chernobyl fallout: risk assessment, Gyulechitsa (Bulgaria), 6-10 Sep 1993; Other Information: PBD: 1993
Subject:
22 NUCLEAR REACTOR TECHNOLOGY; 56 BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE, APPLIED STUDIES; BETA PARTICLES; LUNGS; RISK ASSESSMENT; CERIUM 144; CESIUM 137; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; NUCLEAR FUELS; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTIONS; RADIATION HAZARDS; RADIOACTIVITY; RUTHENIUM 103; RUTHENIUM 106; STRONTIUM 90
OSTI ID:
239515
Research Organizations:
All-Union Scientific Centre of Radiation Medicine, Kiev (Ukraine)
Country of Origin:
Bulgaria
Language:
English
Other Identifying Numbers:
Other: ON: DE96625841; TRN: BG9600304044296
Availability:
INIS; OSTI as DE96625841
Submitting Site:
INIS
Size:
81 p.
Announcement Date:
Jun 25, 1996

Citation Formats

Likhtarev, I, Repin, V, Bondarenko, O, and Nechaev, S. Do Chernobyl hot particles represent a public health hazard? (Biomedical and dosimetric aspects of hot particles). Bulgaria: N. p., 1993. Web.
Likhtarev, I, Repin, V, Bondarenko, O, & Nechaev, S. Do Chernobyl hot particles represent a public health hazard? (Biomedical and dosimetric aspects of hot particles). Bulgaria.
Likhtarev, I, Repin, V, Bondarenko, O, and Nechaev, S. 1993. "Do Chernobyl hot particles represent a public health hazard? (Biomedical and dosimetric aspects of hot particles)." Bulgaria.
@misc{etde_239515,
title = {Do Chernobyl hot particles represent a public health hazard? (Biomedical and dosimetric aspects of hot particles)}
author = {Likhtarev, I, Repin, V, Bondarenko, O, and Nechaev, S}
abstractNote = {A model is developed to assess the risk of lung cancer from hot particle (HP) inhalation. It is based on linear dimensions of the lings parts, their histological structure, HP dose distribution radiobiological HP impact factors. The deposition probability of different aerosol size HP is estimated for various parts of human respiratory system. The epithelium on bronchial tree and the secretory cells in bronchial glands are identified as most sensitive to HP. A comparison of radiobiological effects of uniform and discrete radiation sources was carried out on culture of embryonic mouse fibroblasts. For doses up to 10{sup -3} Gy there is a good agreement between experimentally obtained HP-induced F and theoretical curves. As the dose increases the experimental value of F reaches a peak at 1 Gy which is not predicted theoretically. The coefficients of blast transformation induced by HP and by uniform radiation become equal at 3 Gy. Above 3 Gy the uniform radiation becomes 10 -10{sup 3} times more dangerous. It is concluded that local point-source irradiation by a HP is associated with 10 - 10{sup 3} times less risk of radiation-induced tumour than irradiation with the same activity idistributed diffusely. 27 figs., 13 tabs., 59 refs.}
place = {Bulgaria}
year = {1993}
month = {Dec}
}