*長友恒 人 ,市 川米太:奈 良教育大学物理教室,奈 良 市高畑町 〒630 **星 正治:広 島大学原爆放射能医学研究所,広 島市 南区霞1-2-3 〒734 Thermoluminescence dosimetry/Gamma rays/Hiroshima and Nagasaki/Atomic bomb This study reports gamma-ray doses measured using thermoluminescence (TL)dosimetry of atomic-bomb exposed ceramic samples from Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Advances in the dosimetry of TL-sensitive minerals in the field of TL dating of archaeolo...

Supported by the European Commission, the EVIDOS project started in November 2001 with the broad goal of evaluating state of the art dosimetry techniques in representative workplaces of the nuclear industry. Seven European institutes joined efforts with end users at nuclear power plants, at fuel processing and reprocessing plants, and at transport and storage facilities. A comprehensive program...

This report is intended to be an overview of the activities of the Radioactivity Group at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) for the meeting of Section I (x and gamma rays, charged particles) of the Consultative Committee on Ionizing Radiation (CCRI), March 26-28, 2013. Since the last meeting of CCRI(II), a reorganization of the Ionizing Radiation Division has taken place...

There has been a large discrepancy between the Dosimetry system 1986 (DS86) and measured data, some of which data in Hiroshima at about 1.5 km ground distance from the hypocenter are about 10 times larger than the calculation. Therefore its causes have long been discussed, since it will change the estimated radiation risks obtained based on the Hiroshima and Nagasaki data. In this study the con...

BNCT incorporates the targeting principles of chemotherapy and the anatomical localization principles of conventional radiotherapy but with three distinct advantages:  Current boron compounds at the required concentrations are non-toxic.  The time interval between drug administration and neutron irradiation can be chosen to maximize the concentration differential between tumour and normal tis...

Neutron dose is transferred to biological materials through the recoil protons produced by elastic scattering. When a low-velocity proton collides with the atoms or molecules of a target, it changes to a hydrogen atom by electron capture; this hydrogen atom then changes to a proton by losing the electron. Because the hydrogen atom has a different ionization cross section from that of a proton, ...

Calibration curves for fission spectrum neutrons and other high LET radiations are scarce in cytogenetic dosimetry and particularly for Prematurely Condensed Chromosome Rings (PCC-ring). Here we analyzed the behavior of the PCC-ring frequency and PCC index after neutron irradiation in a broad dose interval from 1 to 26 Gy. PCC-rings were induced in lymphocytes with Calyculin A. 6455 PCC cells i...

The clinical cyclotron facility in Seattle continues to provide beams for neutron therapy and PET isotope production. Over 2000 patients have so far been treated using an isocentric gantry with multi-leaf collimator. Downtime remains below 2%. A new therapy control system has been in operation for nearly two years now and works efficiently and reliably. Developments to extend the therapeutic wi...

The ENEA Radiation Protection Institute since many years has been playing a reference role in Italy in the radiological protection field for external exposures and for incorporated radionuclides dosimetry both in the industrial and medical activities. A series of laboratories and measurement facilities are in operation in connection with neutron, photon and electron metrology, with the developm...

At high altitudes in the Earth’s atmosphere cosmic-ray induced neutrons become the dominant contributors to the biologically relevant dose equivalent. Depending on the geomagnetic latitude and the solar activity cycle, neutron dose onboard aircraft amounts to about 50 to 70 % of the overall dose equivalent. Neutron detection in complexly mixed radiation environments by means of active, i.e. pow...