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A practical method for assessment of dose conversion coefficients for aquatic biota.
Radiat. Environ. Biophys. 45, 203-214 (2006)
Radiological impact assessment for flora and fauna requires adequate dosimetric data. Due to the variability of habitats, shapes, and masses of the non-human biota, assessment of doses is a challenging task. External and internal dose conversion coefficients for photons and electrons have been systematically calculated by Monte Carlo methods for spherical and ellipsoidal shapes in water medium. An interpolation method has been developed to approximate absorbed fractions for elliptical shape organisms from absorbed fractions for spherical shapes with reasonable accuracy. The method allows an evaluation of dose conversion coefficients for arbitrary ellipsoids for photon and electron sources with energies from 10 keV to 5 MeV, and for organism masses in the range from 10−6 to 103 kg. As an example of the application of the method, a set of dose coefficients for aquatic organisms discussed as reference animals and plants in a draft of an up-coming publication of the International Commission on Radiological Protection has been determined.
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Publication type
Article: Journal article
Document type
Scientific Article
Language
english
Publication Year
2006
HGF-reported in Year
0
ISSN (print) / ISBN
0301-634X
e-ISSN
1432-2099
Quellenangaben
Volume: 45,
Issue: 3,
Pages: 203-214
Publisher
Springer
Reviewing status
Peer reviewed
Institute(s)
Institute of Radiation Protection (ISS)
POF-Topic(s)
30504 - Mechanisms of Genetic and Environmental Influences on Health and Disease
Research field(s)
Radiation Sciences
PSP Element(s)
G-501100-005
Erfassungsdatum
2006-10-30