A FORTRAN PROGRAM TO DETERMINE ABSORBED ORGAN DOSE DUE TO INHALATION OF RADIONUCLIDES,
Abstract
A FORTRAN computer program system has been developed to determine the maximum internal dose received by a given body organ as a result of inhalation of specific radionuclides. The program, based upon equations reported in the literature, determines the effective energy absorbed by the body organ per disintegration of the radionuclide and computes the absorbed organ dose for various periods of intake for single or continuous release and for various periods of internal exposure. The organ dose includes effects from all descendants of the nuclide originally considered to have entered the body organ. Tabulated results for 133 radionuclides and their contributions to the dose to seven body organs and the whole body are presented. Input to the FORTRAN computer program may be modified to yield results for other radionuclides or body organs. The computer program may also be used to determine (by summing) the total absorbed organ dose for a mixture of fission products if the concentration in air of each major contributor at initial intake time is known. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 11, 1967
- Accession Number
- AD0649288
Entities
People
- Patrick Wong
Organizations
- Naval Radiological Defense Laboratory