Radiation Protection Dosimetry: A Radical Reappraisal
Author: Jack Simmons & David WattISBN: 9780944838877 ISBN10: 0944838871
Published: 1999 | 160 pp |
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Description
This is the first major effort to present an alternative approach to current
radiation protection dosimetry. The authors analyze the defects and limitations
of the present radiation protection paradigm, recording the history of its
evolution, primarily the roles of the International Commission for Radiological
Protection (ICRP) and the International Commission on Radiation Units and
Measurements (ICRU), and documenting scientific lapses. A detailed description
of the various radiobiological models to describe health effects of radiation
is also presented. The authors' proposed model for radiation protection dosimetry
is based primarily on radiation fluence rather than radiation dose. The model
excludes the linear, no-threshold (LNT) model of radiation risk and suggests
a threshold of 0.2 Sv for low linear energy transfer (LET) radiation and
a much higher threshold for high LET radiation, such as from radium and
plutonium.