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Applies to surfaces of equipment and facilities, containers of radioactive materials and sealed sources, does not apply to the skin and contamination of clothing Gives direct and indirect methods of measurement (the latter by means of smear tests). Is restricted to beta- and alpha-emitters, the production rate of which, with regard to beta-particles plus monoenergetic electrons and alpha-particles resp., is near to 100 particles per 100 decays. Evaluation of tritium surface contamination is dealt with in ISO 7503-2, other radionuclides of practical importance will be dealt with in a future standard. This title may contain less than 24 pages of technical content..
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This book describes hazards from radon progeny and other alpha-emitters that humans may inhale or ingest from their environment In their analysis, the authors summarize in one document clinical and epidemiological evidence, the results of animal studies, research on alpha-particle damage at the cellular level, metabolic pathways for internal alpha-emitters, dosimetry and microdosimetry of radionuclides deposited in specific tissues, and the chemical toxicity of some low-specific-activity alpha-emitters. Techniques for estimating the risks to humans posed by radon and other internally deposited alpha-emitters are offered, along with a discussion of formulas, models, methods, and the level of uncertainty inherent in the risk estimates..
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This digital document is a journal article from Journal of Environmental Radioactivity, published by Elsevier in 2005. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Media Library immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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The autoradiographic micromapping of rocks with various U and Th contents has been performed by means of CR-39 solid-state nuclear track detector (SSNTD). The optical track density was found to be highly correlated (r=0.92) with total alpha emitters activity calculated on the basis of field gamma spectrometric measurements of rock outcrops. The method was tested not only for the wide range activities of alpha emitters but various types of surface distribution (including highly radioactive mineral grains) as well. .
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