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Author(s) |
Nadar, M. Y.; Akar, D. K.; Patni, H. K.; Singh, I. S.; Mishra, L.; Rao, D. D.; Pradeepkumar, K. S. (RSSD)
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Radiation Protection Dosimetry, 2014. Vol. 162 (4): pp. 469-477 |
ABSTRACT
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case of internal contamination due to long-lived actinides by
inhalation or injection pathway, a major portion of activity will be
deposited in the skeleton and liver over a period of time. In this
study, calibration factors (CFs) of Phoswich and an array of HPGe
detectors are estimated using skull and knee voxel phantoms. These
phantoms are generated from International Commission of Radiation
Protection reference male voxel phantom. The phantoms as well as 20 cm
diameter phoswich, having 1.2 cm thick NaI (Tl) primary and 5 cm thick
CsI (Tl) secondary detector and an array of three HPGe detectors (each
of diameter of 7 cm and thickness of 2.5 cm) are incorporated in Monte
Carlo code ‘FLUKA’. Biokinetic models of Pu, Am, U and Th are solved
using default parameters to identify different parts of the skeleton
where activity will accumulate after an inhalation intake of 1 Bq.
Accordingly, CFs are evaluated for the uniform source distribution in
trabecular bone and bone marrow (TBBM), cortical bone (CB) as well as in
both TBBM and CB regions for photon energies of 18, 60, 63, 74, 93, 185
and 238 keV describing sources of 239Pu, 241Am, 238U, 235U and 232Th.
The CFs are also evaluated for non-uniform distribution of activity in
TBBM and CB regions. The variation in the CFs for source distributed in
different regions of the bones is studied. The assessment of skeletal
activity of actinides from skull and knee activity measurements is
discussed along with the errors. |
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