Open AccessA new simulation model for calculating the internal exposure of some radionuclides
Author(s) -
A. Mahrous,
Abdel Rizk Moneim,
Nadia Helal,
Ibrahim Eid Hassan
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
nuclear technology and radiation protection
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.31
H-Index - 16
eISSN - 1452-8185
pISSN - 1451-3994
DOI - 10.2298/ntrp0902086m
Subject(s) - radionuclide , plutonium , thorium , radiochemistry , uranium , caesium , strontium , environmental science , nuclear medicine , chemistry , materials science , medicine , nuclear physics , physics , metallurgy , inorganic chemistry
A new model based on a series of mathematical functions for estimating excretion rates following the intake of nine different radionuclides is presented in this work. The radionuclides under investigation are: cobalt, iodine, cesium, strontium, ruthenium, radium, thorium, plutonium, and uranium. The committed effective dose has been calculated by our model so as to obtain the urinary and faecal excretion rates for each radionuclide. The said model is further validated by a comparison with the widely spread Mondal software and a simulation program. The results obtained show a harmony between the Mondal package and the model we have constructed