Radioactivity in persons exposed to fallout from the Chernobyl reactor accident [electronic resource].
- Published:
- Argonne, Ill. : Argonne National Laboratory, 1987.
Oak Ridge, Tenn. : Distributed by the Office of Scientific and Technical Information, U.S. Dept. of Energy. - Physical Description:
- Pages: 7 : digital, PDF file
- Additional Creators:
- Argonne National Laboratory and United States. Department of Energy. Office of Scientific and Technical Information
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- Summary:
- Measurements of fallout radioactivity were made in the thyroid region, abdomen, whole body, or urine of 96 persons who were in eastern Europe at the time of the Chernobyl reactor accident or who went there shortly afterward. The most frequently encountered radionuclides were /sup 131/I, sup 134,137/Cs, and /sup 103/Ru//sup 103/Rh. The median /sup 131/I activity in the thyroids of 42 subjects in whom radioiodine was detected and who were in Europe when the accident began was projected as 42 nCi the day the accident began. The median total body activity of /sup 134/Cs in 40 subjects in which it was detected was 1.7 nCi upon arrival in the US. For 51 subjects with detectable /sup 137/Cs burdens, the total body activity was 4.6 nCi. The risk of fatal thyroid cancer is less than 3 x 10/sup -6/ for nearly all subjects in this series. The risk of fatal cancer from /sup 134,137/Cs for subjects with cesium exposures similar to the ones observed by us, but who remained in Europe, is estimated as 1.4 x 10/sup -6/ to 4.2 x 10/sup -5/ with 95% of the risk attributable to /sup 137/Cs. 5 refs., 4 tabs.
- Report Numbers:
- E 1.99:conf-8705217-1
conf-8705217-1 - Subject(s):
- Other Subject(s):
- Cesium 134
- Radionuclide Kinetics
- Cesium 137
- Biological Radiation Effects
- Fallout
- Iodine 131
- Ruthenium 103
- Tritium
- Abdomen
- Chernobylsk-4 Reactor
- Dose Equivalents
- Gamma Radiation
- Human Populations
- Nai Detectors
- Public Health
- Radiation Dose Distributions
- Reactor Accidents
- Risk Assessment
- Thyroid
- Urine
- Whole-Body Counting
- Accidents
- Alkali Metal Isotopes
- Beta Decay Radioisotopes
- Beta-Minus Decay Radioisotopes
- Biological Effects
- Biological Materials
- Biological Wastes
- Body
- Body Areas
- Body Fluids
- Cesium Isotopes
- Counting Techniques
- Days Living Radioisotopes
- Electromagnetic Radiation
- Endocrine Glands
- Enriched Uranium Reactors
- Even-Odd Nuclei
- Glands
- Graphite Moderated Reactors
- Hours Living Radioisotopes
- Hydrogen Isotopes
- Intermediate Mass Nuclei
- Internal Conversion Radioisotopes
- Iodine Isotopes
- Ionizing Radiations
- Isomeric Transition Isotopes
- Isotopes
- Light Nuclei
- Lwgr Type Reactors
- Materials
- Measuring Instruments
- Nuclei
- Odd-Even Nuclei
- Odd-Odd Nuclei
- Organs
- Populations
- Power Reactors
- Radiation Detectors
- Radiation Effects
- Radiations
- Radioisotopes
- Reactors
- Ruthenium Isotopes
- Scintillation Counters
- Solid Scintillation Detectors
- Thermal Reactors
- Wastes
- Water Cooled Reactors
- Years Living Radioisotopes
- Note:
- Published through SciTech Connect.
01/01/1987.
"conf-8705217-1"
"DE88003119"
21. annual conference on trace substances in environmental health, St. Louis, MO, USA, 25 May 1987.
Lucas, H.F.; Oltman, B.G.; Schlenker, R.A. - Funding Information:
- W-31109-ENG-38
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