Low-dose radiation research and radiation protection policy implementation at the Department of
Energy
One of the Department of Energy ’s (DOE) highest priorities is the protection of workers, the public
and the environment from the conduct of DOE activities. As a self-regulating agency, DOE develops
radiation protection policies and orders that integrate national and international consensus
standards into requirements that enable it to complete its diverse missions safely and effectively.
DOE leadership is unequivocally committed to the well-being of its workforce involved in carrying
out its mission. This commitment helps the Department identify and implement viable, safe, and
cost-effective methods to protect its...
Source: Journal of Radiological Protection - September 25, 2019 Category: Physics Authors: Isaf Al-Nabulsi and Derek Favret Source Type: research
Radiation epidemiology and health effects following low-level radiation exposure
Radiation epidemiology is the study of human disease following radiation exposure to populations.
Epidemiologic studies of radiation-exposed populations have been conducted for nearly 100 years,
starting with the radium dial painters in the 1920s and most recently with large-scale studies of
radiation workers. As radiation epidemiology has become increasingly sophisticated it is used for
setting radiation protection standards as well as to guide the compensation programmes in place for
nuclear weapons workers, nuclear weapons test participants, and other occupationally exposed workers
in the United States and elsewhe...
Source: Journal of Radiological Protection - September 25, 2019 Category: Physics Authors: J D Boice, K D Held and R E Shore Source Type: research
Dosimetry of a portable in vivo x-ray fluorescence system using EBT3 radiochromic film
Conclusions . O... (Source: Journal of Radiological Protection)
Source: Journal of Radiological Protection - September 23, 2019 Category: Physics Authors: James L Gr äfe, Caryl Santos and Ana Pejović-Milić Source Type: research
Assessment of radioactive cesium deposition using ground-based gamma-ray spectrometry with a LaBr 3
(Ce) detector
Ground-based gamma-ray spectrometry using a LaBr 3 (Ce) detector was conducted to assess radioactive
cesium deposition in soil contaminated by the accident at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant
(FDNPP) in Japan. Five sites, including a reference site with relatively low contamination, were
selected as having different levels of ambient dose rate due to significant effects of radioactive
fallout of 134 Cs and 137 Cs. According to ICRU Report 53, the radioactivity in the ground and dose
rate at 1 m above the ground were determined from the measured net count rates of gamma-rays induced
from radioactive cesium. B...
Source: Journal of Radiological Protection - September 22, 2019 Category: Physics Authors: Young-Yong Ji, Taehyung Lim, Keitaro Hitomi and Tatsuo Yajima Source Type: research
EURADOS education and training activities
This paper provides a summary of the Education and Training (E&T) activities that have been
developed and organised by the European Radiation Dosimetry Group (EURADOS) in recent years and in
the case of Training Courses over the last decade. These E&T actions include short duration Training
Courses on well-established topics organised within the activity of EURADOS Working Groups (WGs), or
one-day events integrated in the EURADOS Annual Meeting (workshops, winter schools, the
intercomparison participants ’ sessions and the learning network, among others). Moreover, EURADOS
has recently established a Young Scientist...
Source: Journal of Radiological Protection - September 22, 2019 Category: Physics Authors: J G Alves, E Fantuzzi, W R ühm, P Gilvin, A Vargas, R Tanner, H Rabus, M A Lopez, B Breustedt, R Harrison, L Stolarczyk, P Fattibene, C Woda, M Caresana, Ž Knežević, J F Bottollier-Depois, I Clairand, S Mayer, S Miljanic, P Olko, H Schuhmacher, H Stad Source Type: research
Development of a novel artifact-free eye shield based on silicon rubber-lead composition in the CT
examination of the head
The aim of this work was to develop a novel artifact-free eye shield and evaluate its effect on the
dose received by the eye lens and the resulting image quality in the CT examination of the head. A
new material for an eye shield was synthesised from silicon rubber (SR) and lead (Pb) using a simple
method. The percentage of Pb was varied from 0 to 5% wt. An anthropomorphic head phantom was scanned
with and without the SR-Pb eye shield, and compared with a tungsten paper (WP) eye shield. The
distance from the eye shield and head was varied from 0 to 5 cm. The dose to the eye lens was
measured using photo-luminescence ...
Source: Journal of Radiological Protection - September 22, 2019 Category: Physics Authors: Yulia Irdawati, Heri Sutanto, Choirul Anam, Toshioh Fujibuchi, Fatimatuz Zahroh and Geoff Dougherty Source Type: research
Organ-specific dose coefficients derived from Monte Carlo simulations for historical (1930s to
1960s) fluoroscopic and radiographic examinations of tuberculosis patients
This work provides dose coefficients necessary to reconstruct doses used in epidemiological studies
of tuberculosis patients treated from the 1930s through the 1960s, who were exposed to diagnostic
imaging while undergoing treatment. We made use of averaged imaging parameters from measurement
data, physician interviews, and available literature of the Canadian Fluoroscopy Cohort Study and,
on occasion, from a similar study of tuberculosis patients from Massachusetts, United States,
treated between 1925 and 1954. We used computational phantoms of the human anatomy and Monte Carlo
radiation transport methods to compute...
Source: Journal of Radiological Protection - August 26, 2019 Category: Physics Authors: David Borrego, A Iulian Apostoaei, Brian A Thomas, F Owen Hoffman, Steven L Simon, Lydia B Zablotska and Choonsik Lee Source Type: research
NCRP Report no.180 —management of exposure to ionizing radiation: NCRP radiation protection guidance
for the United States
NCRP Report No. 180, ‘Management of Exposure to Ionizing Radiation: Radiation Protection Guidance
for the United States (2018) ’ was developed by Council Committee 1. The report builds and expands
upon previous recommendations of NCRP and ICRP, covering exposure to radiation and radioactive
materials for five exposure categories: occupational, public, medical, emergency workers, and
nonhuman biota. Actions to add, increase, reduce or remove a source of exposure to humans require
justification. Optimisation of protection universally applies, taking into account societal,
economic, and environmental factors; addres...
Source: Journal of Radiological Protection - August 26, 2019 Category: Physics Authors: D A Cool, K R Kase and J D Boice Jr Source Type: research
Comment on ‘Reforming the debate around radiation risk? Advancing the status quo is not a
reformation ’
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Source: Journal of Radiological Protection - August 26, 2019 Category: Physics Authors: Charles W Pennington Source Type: research
Reply to comment on ‘Reforming the debate around radiation risk? Advancing the status quo is not a
reformation ’
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Source: Journal of Radiological Protection - August 26, 2019 Category: Physics Authors: James C Ross, Benjamin Fongenie and Dijana Vili ć Source Type: research
Pandora ’s box the history of radiation, radioactivity, and radiological protection
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Source: Journal of Radiological Protection - August 26, 2019 Category: Physics Authors: Roger Clarke Source Type: research
Corrigendum: A model for estimating the total absorbed dose to the thyroid in Swedish inhabitants
following the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant accident: implications for existing international
estimates and future model applications (2019 J. Radiol. Prot. [https://doi.org/10.1088/13...]
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Source: Journal of Radiological Protection - August 26, 2019 Category: Physics Authors: C L R ääf, M Tondel and M Isaksson Source Type: research
Highlights of articles in this issue
Highlights of the articles in this issue are given in the PDF file. (Source: Journal of Radiological Protection)
Source: Journal of Radiological Protection - August 26, 2019 Category: Physics Source Type: research
The usefulness of large sample size patient dose audits for optimisation of CT automatic exposure
control (AEC) settings
The aim of this study was to demonstrate the usefulness of large sample size patient dose audits for
optimisation of CT automatic exposure control (AEC) settings, even when the investigation is limited
to only three scanners at a single institution. Pre-optimisation patient dose audits of common CT
examinations ( n > 200 for each protocol) on three CT scanners (two Philips Brilliance and one
Toshiba Aquilion) using radiology information system (RIS) data were conducted showing sub-optimal
CT AEC performance on the Toshiba scanner. Based on these results, an optimisation exercise was
carried out on the non-optimall...
Source: Journal of Radiological Protection - August 26, 2019 Category: Physics Authors: Craig S Moore, Tim J Wood, John R Saunderson and Andrew W Beavis Source Type: research
Source term calculation and validation for 18 F-production with a cyclotron for medical applications
at HZDR
In this document we present the calculation and experimental validation of a source term for 18
F-production with a cyclotron for medical applications operating at 18 MeV proton energy and 30 μ A
proton current. The Monte Carlo codes MCNP6 and FLUKA were used for the calculation of the source
term. In addition, the radiation field around the 18 O-enriched water target was simulated with the
two codes. To validate the radiation field obtained in the simulation, an experimental program has
been started using activation samples which are placed close to the water target during an 18
F-production run of the cyclotron. A...
Source: Journal of Radiological Protection - August 21, 2019 Category: Physics Authors: J Konheiser, S E M üller, A Magin, B Naumann and A Ferrari Source Type: research
