Worker inhalation dose coefficients for radionuclides not previously identified in ICRP Publication 68

David A. McLaughlin, Scott O. Schwahn

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Abstract

While inhalation dose coefficients are provided for about 800 radionuclides in International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP) Publication 68, many radionuclides of practical dosimetric interest for facilities such as high-energy proton accelerators are not specifically addressed, nor are organ-specific dose coefficients tabulated. The ICRP Publication 68 dosimetry concepts are used, along with updated radiological decay data and metabolic data, to calculate committed equivalent dose coefficients [h T(50)] and committed effective dose coefficients [e(50)] for radionuclides produced at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory's Spallation Neutron Source.

Original languageEnglish
Article numberncr207
Pages (from-to)428-430
Number of pages3
JournalRadiation Protection Dosimetry
Volume148
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - Mar 2012

Funding

This work was supported by the United States Department of Energy [DE-AC05-00OR22725].

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