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Introduction to Health Physics: Fourth Edition - Ruang Baca FMIPA UB

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680 CHAPTER 13<br />

When we substitute the respective values for 60 Co and 54 Mn in<strong>to</strong> Eq. (13.17), we have<br />

I 60 Co =<br />

0.566 + 0.423 + 0.171 + 0.108<br />

(0.566) 2<br />

(0.423)2 (0.171)2 (0.108)2<br />

+ + +<br />

3.4 × 104 3.7 × 104 2.2 × 103 1.9 × 103 I 54 0.577 + 0.496 + 0.339 + 0.157<br />

Mn =<br />

(0.577) 2<br />

(0.496)2 (0.339)2 (0.157)2<br />

+ + +<br />

3.0 × 103 2.6 × 103 1.8 × 103 8.3 × 102 = 5.2 × 10 3 Bq (0.14 μCi).<br />

= 3.8 × 10 4 Bq (1 μCi),<br />

The 10 CFR 20 lists the ALI for class W 60 Co particles as 200 μC, and for the class D<br />

54 Mn particles the ALI is 900 μCi. The assigned dose from these intakes, therefore,<br />

is<br />

CEDE = 5000 mrems Ii μCi<br />

×<br />

ALI μCi<br />

i=1 ALIi<br />

ALI<br />

= 26 mrems (0.26 mSv) .<br />

INDIVIDUAL MONITORING<br />

<br />

1 0.14<br />

= 5000 +<br />

200 900<br />

Personal moni<strong>to</strong>ring for external radiation is the continuous measurement of an<br />

individual’s exposure dose by means of one or more types of suitable instruments,<br />

such as pocket ionization chambers, film badges, electronic dosimeters, and thermoluminescent<br />

dosimeters (Chapter 9), which are carried by the individual at all<br />

times. The choice of personal moni<strong>to</strong>ring instrument must be compatible with the<br />

type and energy of the radiation being measured. For example, a worker who is exposed<br />

only <strong>to</strong> 3 H, 14 C, or 35 S would wear no personal moni<strong>to</strong>ring instrument, since<br />

these iso<strong>to</strong>pes emit only beta particles of such low energy that they are not recorded<br />

by any of the commercially available personal moni<strong>to</strong>ring devices. In vitro bioassay<br />

procedures would be indicated if personal moni<strong>to</strong>ring were necessary.<br />

Workers who may be exposed <strong>to</strong> radioactive aerosols may wear a personal air sampler.<br />

This usually consists of a cassette that holds a 37-mm-diameter membrane filter<br />

through which air is drawn at a rate of 2–5 L per min by a battery-operated pump.<br />

The cassette is clipped <strong>to</strong> the worker’s garment near his nose or mouth, and thus<br />

produces a breathing-zone sample; the pump, which has an integral air-measuring<br />

device, such as a rotameter, is worn on the worker’s belt. After exposure, the filter<br />

is removed from the cassette, and the activity on its surface is measured in the<br />

counting labora<strong>to</strong>ry. Such an open-faced filter collects particles of all sizes. In order<br />

<strong>to</strong> better evaluate the hazard from an aerosol, we often resort <strong>to</strong> size-selective<br />

collec<strong>to</strong>rs <strong>to</strong> collect a sample of “respirable dust.” The most commonly used sizeselective<br />

collec<strong>to</strong>r is the cyclone sampler, which is designed <strong>to</strong> capture particles<br />

with ≤4-μm AMAD. In this collec<strong>to</strong>r, the airstream is forced <strong>to</strong> travel in a circular<br />

path, and particles greater than a given size will be removed from the airstream by

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