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The influence of uncertainty on the method adopted for the determination of radioactive radium concentration in water was analyzed due to the assessment of the radiation hazards of balneotherapy. For the calculation, we considered the influence of the bath in radioactive water containing only 226Ra. 226Ra concentration was determined with two γ-spectrometers armed with HPGe detectors with different relative efficiencies. Both spectrometers were energy-efficiency calibrated with a calibration source and based on numerical simulations. Different methods for qualitative γ-spectrum analysis were adopted. The emanation method and the liquid scintillation method were also used. The uncertainty of humans hazard assessment linearly depends on the adopted radiometric method precision. For effective dose calculation, two models were adopted: the model of external exposure proposed by ICRP Publication 144 and the Reference Men model proposed by ICRP Publication 23, respectively.
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The influence of uncertainty on the method adopted for the determination of radioactive radium concentration in water was analyzed due to the assessment of the radiation hazards of balneotherapy. For the calculation, we considered the influence of the bath in radioactive water containing only 226Ra. 226Ra concentration was determined with two γ-spectrometers armed with HPGe detectors with different relative efficiencies. Both spectrometers were energy-efficiency calibrated with a calibration source and based on numerical simulations. Different methods for qualitative γ-spectrum analysis were adopted. The emanation method and the liquid scintillation method were also used. The uncertainty of humans hazard assessment linearly depends on the adopted radiometric method precision. For effective dose calculation, two models were adopted: the model of external exposure proposed by ICRP Publication 144 and the Reference Men model proposed by ICRP Publication 23, respectively.

The influence of method precision on assessing radiological hazards for patients using radium water in balneotherapy

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The influence of uncertainty on the method adopted for the determination of radioactive radium concentration in water was analyzed due to the assessment of the...

The influence of method precision on assessing radiological hazards for patients using radium water in balneotherapy

Article Category: Original Paper

Publicado en línea: 25 jun 2024

Páginas: 87 - 91

Recibido: 03 oct 2023

Aceptado: 22 abr 2024

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/nuka-2024-0012

Palabras clave
Balneotherapy, Radiation hazard, Radium water

© 2024 Joanna Lemańska et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

The influence of method precision on assessing radiological hazards for patients using radium water in balneotherapy

Article Category: Original Paper

Publicado en línea: 25 jun 2024

Páginas: 87 - 91

Recibido: 03 oct 2023

Aceptado: 22 abr 2024

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/nuka-2024-0012

Palabras claveBalneotherapy, Radiation hazard, Radium water

© 2024 Joanna Lemańska et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Palabras clave
Balneotherapy, Radiation hazard, Radium water