MEASUREMENTS OF Co-60 IN MASSIVE STEEL SAMPLES EXPOSED TO THE HIROSHIMA ATOMIC BOMB EXPLOSION

作者:Gasparro Joel; Hult Mikael*; Marissens Gerd; Hoshi Masaharu; Tanaka Kenichi; Endo Satoru; Laubenstein Matthias; Dombrowski Harald; Arnold Dirk
来源:Health Physics, 2012, 102(4): 400-409.
DOI:10.1097/HP.0b013e31823a172e

摘要

To study discrepancies in retrospective Hiroshima dosimetry, the specific activity of Co-60 in 16 steel samples from Hiroshima was measured using gamma-ray spectrometry in underground laboratories. There is general agreement between these new activity measurements and the specific activities derived from previously calculated dose values on the one hand and former measurements of samples gathered at distances less than 1,000 m from the center of the explosion (G 1,000 m slant range) on the other. It was found that activities at long range (9 1,300 m slant range) were mainly cosmogenically induced. Furthermore, at long range, these results are in disagreement with older measurements whose specific activity values were 10 to 100 times higher than predicted by computer model calculations in DS86 and DS02. As a consequence, the previously reported discrepancy is not confirmed. Health Phys. 102(4):400-409; 2012

  • 出版日期2012-4

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