Effective dose rate coefficients for Immersions in radioactive air and water

M. B. Bellamy; K. G. Veinot; M. M. Hiller; S. A. Dewji; K. F. Eckerman; C. E. Easterly; N. E. Hertel; R. W. Leggett

doi:10.1093/rpd/ncw103

Effective dose rate coefficients for Immersions in radioactive air and water

M. B. Bellamy, K. G. Veinot, M. M. Hiller, S. A. Dewji, K. F. Eckerman, C. E. Easterly, N. E. Hertel, R. W. Leggett

Environmental Risk and Energy Analysis

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

15 Scopus citations

Abstract

The Oak Ridge National Laboratory Center for Radiation Protection Knowledge (CRPK) has undertaken a number of calculations in support of a revision to the United States Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA) Federal Guidance Report on external exposure to radionuclides in air, water and soil (FGR 12). Age-specific mathematical phantom calculations were performed for the conditions of submersion in radioactive air and immersion in water. Dose rate coefficients were calculated for discrete photon and electron energies and folded with emissions from 1252 radionuclides using ICRP Publication 107 decay data to determine equivalent and effective dose rate coefficients. The coefficients calculated in this work compare favorably to those reported in FGR12 as well as by other authors that employed voxel phantoms for similar exposure scenarios.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	275-286
Number of pages	12
Journal	Radiation Protection Dosimetry
Volume	174
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/rpd/ncw103
State	Published - Apr 25 2017

Access to Document

10.1093/rpd/ncw103

Cite this

@article{9a8f165b61c64f678d37c7d9e0727201,

title = "Effective dose rate coefficients for Immersions in radioactive air and water",

abstract = "The Oak Ridge National Laboratory Center for Radiation Protection Knowledge (CRPK) has undertaken a number of calculations in support of a revision to the United States Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA) Federal Guidance Report on external exposure to radionuclides in air, water and soil (FGR 12). Age-specific mathematical phantom calculations were performed for the conditions of submersion in radioactive air and immersion in water. Dose rate coefficients were calculated for discrete photon and electron energies and folded with emissions from 1252 radionuclides using ICRP Publication 107 decay data to determine equivalent and effective dose rate coefficients. The coefficients calculated in this work compare favorably to those reported in FGR12 as well as by other authors that employed voxel phantoms for similar exposure scenarios.",

author = "Bellamy, {M. B.} and Veinot, {K. G.} and Hiller, {M. M.} and Dewji, {S. A.} and Eckerman, {K. F.} and Easterly, {C. E.} and Hertel, {N. E.} and Leggett, {R. W.}",

year = "2017",

month = apr,

day = "25",

doi = "10.1093/rpd/ncw103",

language = "English",

volume = "174",

pages = "275--286",

journal = "Radiation Protection Dosimetry",

issn = "0144-8420",

publisher = "Oxford University Press",

number = "2",

}

TY - JOUR

T1 - Effective dose rate coefficients for Immersions in radioactive air and water

AU - Bellamy, M. B.

AU - Veinot, K. G.

AU - Hiller, M. M.

AU - Dewji, S. A.

AU - Eckerman, K. F.

AU - Easterly, C. E.

AU - Hertel, N. E.

AU - Leggett, R. W.

PY - 2017/4/25

Y1 - 2017/4/25

N2 - The Oak Ridge National Laboratory Center for Radiation Protection Knowledge (CRPK) has undertaken a number of calculations in support of a revision to the United States Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA) Federal Guidance Report on external exposure to radionuclides in air, water and soil (FGR 12). Age-specific mathematical phantom calculations were performed for the conditions of submersion in radioactive air and immersion in water. Dose rate coefficients were calculated for discrete photon and electron energies and folded with emissions from 1252 radionuclides using ICRP Publication 107 decay data to determine equivalent and effective dose rate coefficients. The coefficients calculated in this work compare favorably to those reported in FGR12 as well as by other authors that employed voxel phantoms for similar exposure scenarios.

AB - The Oak Ridge National Laboratory Center for Radiation Protection Knowledge (CRPK) has undertaken a number of calculations in support of a revision to the United States Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA) Federal Guidance Report on external exposure to radionuclides in air, water and soil (FGR 12). Age-specific mathematical phantom calculations were performed for the conditions of submersion in radioactive air and immersion in water. Dose rate coefficients were calculated for discrete photon and electron energies and folded with emissions from 1252 radionuclides using ICRP Publication 107 decay data to determine equivalent and effective dose rate coefficients. The coefficients calculated in this work compare favorably to those reported in FGR12 as well as by other authors that employed voxel phantoms for similar exposure scenarios.

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85026778668&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1093/rpd/ncw103

DO - 10.1093/rpd/ncw103

M3 - Article

C2 - 27150517

AN - SCOPUS:85026778668

SN - 0144-8420

VL - 174

SP - 275

EP - 286

JO - Radiation Protection Dosimetry

JF - Radiation Protection Dosimetry

IS - 2

ER -

Effective dose rate coefficients for Immersions in radioactive air and water

Abstract

Access to Document

Other files and links

Fingerprint

Cite this