Accession Number:

AD0625359

Title:

DISINTEGRATION RATE MULTIPLIERS IN BETAEMITTER DOSE CALCULATIONS.

Descriptive Note:

Final rept.,

Corporate Author:

STANFORD RESEARCH INST MENLO PARK CALIF

Personal Author(s):

• Brown,Stephen L.

Report Date:

1965-08-01

Pagination or Media Count:

174.0

Abstract:

The calculation is described of beta disintegration rate multipliers, which when multiplied by the disintegration rate per unit area for a given radionuclide give the beta dose rates in tissue for contact dose and beta bath geometries. Results are given for nearly 400 betaemitting radionuclides and a comparison is made with simpler models of beta dose distribution. The conclusion is reached that beta doses can represent a hazard in comparison to those from gamma radiation when sensitive tissues are found at relatively shallow depths in the exposed organism. Author

Descriptors:

• BETA PARTICLES
• RADIATION DOSAGE
• RADIATION HAZARDS
• GEOMETRY
• BIOLOGICAL ABSORPTION
• FALLOUT

Subject Categories:

• Radiobiology

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE