Radiological Assessment: Sources and Doses
by Richard E. Faw and J. Kenneth Shultis
American Nuclear Society, La Grange Rark, IL, 1999. ISBN 0-89448-455-9
Radiological Assessment: Sources and Exposures
by Richard E. Faw and J. Kenneth Shultis
Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, 1993. ISBN 0-13-751132-9
 
Out of print. Republished as Radiological Assessment: Source and Doses
Table of Contents
Preface
Chapter 1 Introduction to Radiological Assessment
1.1 Overview of Radiological Assessment
1.4 Evolution of Radiation Protection Standards
1.5 Institutional Connections
1.6 Additional Sources of Information
Chapter 2 Radiation Interactions and Response Functions
2.1 Interaction Coefficient
2.2 Microscopic Cross Section
2.3 Cross Sections for Photon Interactions
2.4 Photon Attenuation Coefficients
2.5 Photon Absorption Coefficients and Related Quantities
2.6 Cross Sections for Neutron Interactions
2.7 Neutron Scattering Interactions
2.8 Radiative Capture of Neutrons
2.9 Penetration of Charged Particles Through Matter
2.10 Detector Response Functions
2.11 General Formulation for Dosimetric Detectors
2.12 Relationship of Kerma Rate and Absorbed Dose Rate
2.13 Neutron Kerma, Absorbed Dose, and Dose Equivalent
2.14 Dosimetric Response Functions for Photons
2.15 Response functions for Evaluation of Hazards to Humans
Chapter 3 Biological Effects of Ionizing Radiation
3.3 Dose-Response Relationships
3.4 Effects of High doses of Radiation
3.5 Hereditary Risks from Low-Level Exposure
3.6 Cancer Risks From Low-LET Exposure
3.7 Measures of Risks from Low-Level Exposure
Chapter 4 Exposure to Natural Sources of Radiation
4.2 Cosmic, Solar, and Geomagnetically Trapped Radiation
4.3 Cosmogenic Radionuclides
4.4 Singly Occurring Primordial Radionuclides
4.5 Decay Series of Primordial Origin
4.6 The Rn-222 and Rn-220 Decay Series
Chapter 5 Exposure to Artificial and Technologically Enhanced Natural Radiation Sources
5.5 Miscellaneous Sources
5.6 Regulation, Storage, and Disposal of Radioactive Wastes
Chapter 6 Gamma-Ray and Neutron shielding and External Dose Evaluation
6.2 Review of Basic Concepts
6.4 Characterization of Radiation Sources
6.5 Geometric and Exponential Attenuation
6.6 Accounting for Scattered Photons
6.7 Neutron Attenuation and Removal Concepts
Chapter 7 Electron Penetration and Dose Evaluation
7.2 Beta-Particle Energy Spectra
7.3 Energy Loss by Penetrating Electrons
7.4 Electron Stopping Power
7.6 Electron Point Kernels
7.7 Dose Evaluation in an Infinite Medium
7.8 Applications of Point Kernels to Beta Dosimetry
Chapter 8 Internal dose Evaluation
8.2 Radiation Dose Concepts
8.3 The General Method for Internal Dose Evaluation
8.4 Source-Organ Transformations (Except GI and Respiratory Systems)
8.5 Absorbed Fraction and Specific Effective Energy
8.6 The Specific Committed Dose Equivalent
8.7 The ICRP Model for the Respiratory System
8.8 Dosimetric Model for the Gastrointestinal System
8.9 Dosimetric Model for Bone
8.10 Dosimetric Model for Submersion in a Radioactive Cloud
8.11 ICRP special Treatment for Selected Radionuclides
8.12 1977 and 1990 ICRP Recommendations for Exposure Limits
8.13 1959 ICRP Recommendations for Exposure Limits
Chapter 9 atmospheric Dispersion of Radionuclides
9.2 Atmospheric Stability
9.3 Diffusion of Radionuclides in the Atmosphere
9.4 Results Obtained from the Diffusion Model
9.5 Refinements to the Gaussian Plume Model
9.6 Estimation of the Diffusion Parameters
9.8 Limitations of the Gaussian Diffusion Model
Chapter 10 Dispersion of Radionuclides in Surface and Ground Waters
10.2 Initial (Near-Field) Mixing in Surface Waters
10.3 Discharges to Small Lakes and Reservoirs
10.4 Discharges to Rivers
10.5 Discharges to Estuaries
10.6 Discharges to Large Lakes and Oceans
10.7 Sedimentation Effects in Surface Waters
10.8 Radionuclide Migration in Groundwater
Chapter 11 Environmental Pathway Modeling
11.2 General Description of Exposure Pathways
11.3 Terrestrial Exposure Pathways
11.4 Aquatic and Marine Exposure Pathways
11.5 Treatment for Special Radionuclides
Appendices
A. Constants and conversion Factors
B. Decay Characteristics of Selected Radionuclides
C. Gamma-Ray Interaction coefficients
D. Gamma Ray Yields and Cross Sections for Neutron Capture
E. Gamma-Ray Buildup Factors
F. Assorted Mathematical Tidbits
G. ICRP Data for Internal Dosimetry
H. Fission Product Yields for Fast and Thermal Fission of U-235 and Pu-239
Index