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Title: The new radiation dosimetry for the A-bombs in Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Abstract

Extensive work has been conducted over the past few years to reassess all aspects of the radiation dosimetry for the A-bombs in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. This work has included reviews of the bomb yields, source terms, air transport of neutrons and gamma rays, neutron-induced radioactivity and thermoluminescence in exposed materials, shielding of individuals by buildings, and calculations of organ doses. The results of these theoretical and experimental activities have led to the development of a new dosimetry system which is designated as the Dosimetry System 1986 (DS86). New DS86 estimates of tissue kerma in air and absorbed dose to fifteen organs are available for 94,787 survivors who were either outside and unshielded, outside and shielded by houses, or inside and shielded by houses (64,408 in Hiroshima and 30,379 in Nagasaki). The organ doses are calculated on an age-dependent basis as follows: infants (less than 3 years old at the time of bombing, ATB), children (3 to 12 years old ATB), and adults (more than 12 years old ATB). Work in progress includes the extension of the DS86 system to Nagasaki survivors who were shielded either by terrain or by factory buildings.

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Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (USA)
OSTI Identifier:
7037398
Report Number(s):
CONF-8809137-1
ON: DE88016801; TRN: 88-036088
DOE Contract Number:  
AC05-84OR21400
Resource Type:
Conference
Resource Relation:
Conference: 14. L. H. Gray conference, Oxford, UK, 11 Sep 1988; Other Information: Portions of this document are illegible in microfiche products
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
63 RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRON. POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGS. AND BIOL. MAT.; HIROSHIMA; RADIATION DOSES; NAGASAKI; A-BOMB SURVIVORS; BIOLOGICAL RADIATION EFFECTS; NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS; PERSONNEL; RADIATION TRANSPORT; ASIA; BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS; DOSES; EXPLOSIONS; HUMAN POPULATIONS; JAPAN; POPULATIONS; RADIATION EFFECTS; 560151* - Radiation Effects on Animals- Man

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Kerr, G D. The new radiation dosimetry for the A-bombs in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. United States: N. p., 1988. Web.
Kerr, G D. The new radiation dosimetry for the A-bombs in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. United States.
Kerr, G D. 1988. "The new radiation dosimetry for the A-bombs in Hiroshima and Nagasaki". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/7037398.
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