Japanese Journal of Health Physics
Online ISSN : 1884-7560
Print ISSN : 0367-6110
ISSN-L : 0367-6110
Volume 8, Issue 4
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  • 137Cs Distribution in Fruit of the Satsuma Orange Trees Grown at an Orchard
    Yoshiyuki SHIRAISHI
    1973 Volume 8 Issue 4 Pages 209-215
    Published: 1973
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    From 1961 through 1971, the distribution of fallout 137Cs in the skin, juice and residue part of the mature fruit of Satsuma orange trees grown on soils under clean, mulch and sod systems of soil management was investigated to compare its annual change with that of 90Sr.
    Due to a great dependency on the fallout rate the level of this nuclide in each of the fruit parts showed a high concentration during the period of heavy fallout deposition followed by a sharp decrease. After this, a slow exponential decrease was observed with almost the same half-time as that of the replaceable 137Cs content in soil during the period of very little fallout deposition. The ratio of the 137Cs contribution due to direct (surface) absorption, root absorption and translocation from leaves was 95:4:1 for skin, 44:45:11 for juice and 34:53:13 for residue in 1963 with heavy fallout deposition. The ratio of 137Cs/K in plant tissues to replaceable 137Cs/K in soil and the ratio of 137Cs to 90Sr in plant tissues were also discussed.
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  • Hideo YAMAGISHI, Hiroshi FUKUDA, Akira YABE
    1973 Volume 8 Issue 4 Pages 217-220
    Published: 1973
    Released on J-STAGE: February 25, 2010
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  • Makoto TAKIUE, Atsushi NUKAZAWA
    1973 Volume 8 Issue 4 Pages 221-227
    Published: 1973
    Released on J-STAGE: February 25, 2010
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    Tritium content in air and urine of workers was measured during and after the handling of about 30Ci tritium.
    Tritium content in environmental samples such as air and air-condensed water collected by a cold trap method was determined using a tritium monitor or a liquid scintillation counter. Internal radiation dose was estimated for workers by the analysis of their urine.
    The tritium concentration in air was about 10-9μCi/cm3 at the beginning of work, whereas the maximum value was observed during the working period as 2.6×10-4μCi/cm3 in hood, 1.3×10-6μCi/cm3 in laboratory and 1.8×10-7μCi/cm3 in corridor. The daily urinary excretion of tritium was represented approximately by a single exponential function with the effective half-lives of 14 days and 12 days for two workers, and their internal radiation dose was estimated as 12 mrem and 7.1 mrem respectively.
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  • Laying Emphasis on a Tentative Derivation of Dose Limit Based on the Risk Estimate
    Jun AKAISHI, Minoru FUJITA
    1973 Volume 8 Issue 4 Pages 229-236
    Published: 1973
    Released on J-STAGE: February 25, 2010
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    The ICRP Publication 14 contains two reports made by two Task Groups to Committee I. The first report is concerned with the spatial distribution of dose. In this report, many problems related to the basic concepts of radiation protection and inconsistency of the currently recommended dose limit are discussed. A scheme of dose limit for non-uniform exposure based on the risk estimate is presented tentatively. The second report is concerned with the relative radiosensitivity of different tissues and organs. In this report, risks of differnt kinds of biological damages by radiation are reviewed fully. A formal scheme for deriving dose limit for partial exposure of the body is presented. And, according to the data obtained from exposed populations, numerical values for dose limit to tumour induction are derived as an example for discussion. At present, the effect of radiation is not clear sufficiently, but it is suggested that the dose limit specified by ICRP for exposure of part of the body other than the lens and the gonads should be revised.
    In the present paper, the formal scheme for deriving dose limit and the example for the numerical derivation of dose limit are introduced somewhat in detail.
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  • Tadaoki YAMASHITA
    1973 Volume 8 Issue 4 Pages 237-243
    Published: 1973
    Released on J-STAGE: February 25, 2010
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  • Masami IZAWA
    1973 Volume 8 Issue 4 Pages 245-251
    Published: 1973
    Released on J-STAGE: February 25, 2010
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  • Introduction to the ICRU Report 19
    Hiroyoshi IIDA
    1973 Volume 8 Issue 4 Pages 265-268
    Published: 1973
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  • International System of Units and Radiation Units
    Osamu YURA
    1973 Volume 8 Issue 4 Pages 269-271
    Published: 1973
    Released on J-STAGE: February 25, 2010
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  • From a Viewpoint of Radiation Protection
    Kazuaki KATOH
    1973 Volume 8 Issue 4 Pages 272-273
    Published: 1973
    Released on J-STAGE: February 25, 2010
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  • From a Viewpoint of Microdosimetry
    Takao NUMAKUNAI
    1973 Volume 8 Issue 4 Pages 274-277
    Published: 1973
    Released on J-STAGE: February 25, 2010
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