Use of a Portable Whole-Body Counter to Measure Internal Contamination in a Fallout-Exposed Population Page: 11
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A study af the levels of body burdens of tbo itvml fMe-anittlai
radionuclides in tie Mirabel loot people indicates haw the fission products
■eve through the mvirwaot and accunulate la nan. Further, the biological
turnover rata at these radionuclides in beau beings can he set looted. The
survey node with the portable ubole-body counter has been invaluable in
non it or lag the level a at internal centaai nation at 0mm suit tar a in this
population. The soporieoce gained in this study shnuld bo a/ value in future
surveys among ether population*.
No difficulty use encountered in setting up the shielding for the ML
portable counter aa equipment for noving it intact uas readily available.
Although it uas not nocoooary to dismantle the shielding between surveys, it
would not have been difficult to do so. however, because at the weight end
bulk of the shielding, thought has been given to developing ether types of
shieldii* /or use in the field, particularly for oeo in places where weight
might give rise to transportation difflealtioe. Materials other than stool
and in nailer units at weight night possibly be used. The hipauit and
operation at the electronic facilities present no particular problem. Ouse a
satisfactory counting geometry has been worked out at the'*heue''installation,
its duplication provides the best solution to the problui of sotting op e
satisfactory counting geometry for field use, os It enables calibration
non our aments te bo chocked at Later tines in the "hane" Laboratory.
The whole-body goes* spectrometer can bo valuable in the field, not only
to survey situations in «*ich populations are contaminated with radieaaclideo,
but as s clinical research toolkit is possible, sod say ho desirable, to
carry out in the field demographic stadias with the oss of radioactive tracers,
and it ia also possible to carry wt such clinieel studies as the investiga-
tion of metabolic and nutritional diseases, which nay have their origin in
the particular local ouvirenuent.
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Cohn, S. H.; Conard, R. A.; Guamano, B. A. & Robertson, J. S. Use of a Portable Whole-Body Counter to Measure Internal Contamination in a Fallout-Exposed Population, report, April 23, 1962; Upton, New York. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1201065/m1/12/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.