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  • [Appl Radiat Isot.] Evaluation of the annual effective dose due to the external irradiation induced by using NORM added consumer products.

    [Appl Radiat Isot.] Evaluation of the annual effective dose due to the external irradiation induced by using NORM added consumer products.

    연세대 / 유도현, 민철희*

  • 출처
    Appl Radiat Isot.
  • 등재일
    2019 Dec
  • 저널이슈번호
    154:108860. doi: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2019.108860. Epub 2019 Aug 13.
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    Abstract
    This study aims to evaluate the annual effective dose from a sleeping mattress containing naturally occurring radioactive material (NORM). In this study, the dose rate was measured using two different portable radiation detectors, namely the Geiger Müller (GM) tube and portable high-purity germanium (HPGe) detector; the annual effective dose was calculated using annualized usage of the products, and the equivalent does was evaluated via Monte Carlo (MC) simulation and using the model of the human body, which is known as a computational human phantom. The dose rate of the product, excluding background radiation at the shielded room, was measured as 0.22 and 0.13 μSv/h in the GM-tube and portable HPGe, respectively. Assuming that the sleeping mattress was used for an average sleeping of 8 h/day, the annual effective dose was calculated as 0.64 and 0.38 mSv/y using the GM-tube and portable HPGe detectors, respectively. Also, the annual effective dose calculated using MC simulation and radioactivity values from the nuclides analysis was 0.13 mSv/y. The annual effective dose calculated using the two different portable detectors and MC simulation is less than the annual effective dose limit for the general public, which is set at 1 mSv/y. This technique could be used not only for the safety regulation for products containing NORM but also for the accurate evaluation of the effective dose for radiation workers in the diverse radiation field.

     

    그림 1. 연간 유효선량 평가를 위해 사용된 온열매트의 외형

     

    그림 2. Geant4 몬테칼로 전산모사 및 인형 모의피폭체를 사용한 연간 유효선량 평가 방법 및 선원항에서 발생된 알파, 베타 및 감마선의 입자 수송

     


    Author information

    Yoo DH1, Park HJ1, Min CH2.
    1
    Department of Radiation Convergence Engineering, Yonsei University, Wonju, Republic of Korea.
    2
    Department of Radiation Convergence Engineering, Yonsei University, Wonju, Republic of Korea. Electronic address: chmin@yonsei.ac.kr.

  • 키워드
    Computational human phantom; Consumer products; Effective dose; Monte Carlo simulation; NORM; Nuclides analysis; Portable radiation detector
  • 연구소개
    본 논문은 두 가지 방법을 사용해 천연방사성핵종이 포함된 가공제품 사용자의 피폭선량을 정량적으로 평가한 연구임. 첫 번째 방법은 두 종류의 휴대용 방사선 계측기 (GM-tube, Portable high-purity germanium detector)를 사용하여 가공제품 사용자의 연간 유효선량이 평가되었고, 두 번째 방법은 가공제품의 핵종분석을 통한 핵종 분석 결과와 Geant4 몬테칼로 전산모사 및 인형 모의피폭체를 사용해 연간 유효선량이 평가되었음. GM-Tube 및 Portable HPGe 검출기를 통한 연간 유효선량은 0.64, 0.38 mSv/year로 평가되었고, 몬테칼로 전산모사 및 인형 모의피폭체를 사용한 연간 유효선량은 0.13 mSv/year로 평가되었음. 최종적으로 두 방법 모두 일반인 연간 한도선량인 1 mSv/year를 넘지 않았음.
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