A Whole-Body Spectrometer (WBS) at the Institute of Nuclear Physics, Kraków : design and results for Polish citizens visiting Japan during the Fukushima accident

• Autorzy: Mietelski J. W. , Janowski P. , Kierepko R. , Hajduk R. , Bogacz J. , Jurkowski J. , Ochab E.
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

The first Polish whole-body spectrometer (WBS) with scintillation detectors was constructed in Łódź in the early sixties of the last century and was operating there for more than 30 years. In 2008, the 19th century steel shield of this instrument was transported from Łódź to Kraków, where it was re-equipped with a modern gamma spectrometric system. Design and construction of this modernized spectrometer is presented along with the results for in-body contamination measurements of four Polish inhabitants who returned to Poland from Japan after the Fukushima accident compared with the results for typical Polish inhabitants, the volunteers from the Institute of Nuclear Physics (IFJ, Kraków) workers. Although, a clear signal from the Fukushima fallout was noticed for three of four persons who returned from Japan, the calculated doses were negligible. No traces of Fukushima-originating radionuclides were noticed for the examined people who have not traveled to Japan.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

whole-body spectrometry (WBS); Fukushima; body burden; gamma spectrometry; doses

• Wydawca: Institute of Nuclear Chemistry and Technology
• Czasopismo: Nukleonika
• Rocznik: 2013
• Tom: Vol. 58, No. 4
• Strony: 519--525
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 6 poz., rys.

Twórcy

autor

Mietelski J. W.

• The Henryk Niewodniczński Institute of Nuclear Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences (IFJ PAN), 152 Radzikowskiego Str., 31-342 Kraków, Poland, Tel.: [phone], Fax: [phone]

autor

Janowski P.

• The Henryk Niewodniczński Institute of Nuclear Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences (IFJ PAN), 152 Radzikowskiego Str., 31-342 Kraków, Poland, Tel.: [phone], Fax: [phone]

autor

Kierepko R.

• The Henryk Niewodniczński Institute of Nuclear Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences (IFJ PAN), 152 Radzikowskiego Str., 31-342 Kraków, Poland, Tel.: [phone], Fax: [phone]

autor

Hajduk R.

• The Henryk Niewodniczński Institute of Nuclear Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences (IFJ PAN), 152 Radzikowskiego Str., 31-342 Kraków, Poland, Tel.: [phone], Fax: [phone]

autor

Bogacz J.

• The Henryk Niewodniczński Institute of Nuclear Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences (IFJ PAN), 152 Radzikowskiego Str., 31-342 Kraków, Poland, Tel.: [phone], Fax: [phone]

autor

Jurkowski J.

autor

Ochab E.

Bibliografia

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