Journal of Radiation Protection and Research

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Assessment of Internal Dose by $^3H\;&\;^{14}C$ of Total Diet for Inhabitants near Wolsung Nuclear Power Plants

  • Park, G. (Department of Physics, Kyungpook National University) ;
  • Lin, X.J. (Department of Physics, Kyungpook National University) ;
  • Kim, W. (Department of Physics, Kyungpook National University) ;
  • Kang, H.D. (Department of Physics, Kyungpook National University) ;
  • Doh, S.H. (Department of Physics, Pukyong National University) ;
  • Kim, D.S. (Devision of Science Education, Daegu University) ;
  • Kim, C.K. (Korea Institute of Nuclear Safety)
  • Published : 2003.03.30
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Abstract

To assess the internal dose by $^3H\;&\;^{14}C$ in total diet of inhabitants near Wolsung Nuclear Power Plants, TFWT, OBT and $^{14}C$ concentration in total diet was analyzed for collection region and time. TFWT, OBT and $^{14}C$ concentrations were in the range of 3.19-42.2 Bq/L, 1.00-39.4 Bq/L, and 0.230-0.855 Bq/gC, respectively. The calculated annual effective dose with TFWT, OBT and $^{14}C$ is $6.10{\times}10^{-5}mSv/y,\;3.71{\times}10^{-5}mSv/y\;and\;7.08{\times}10^{-3}mSv/y$, respectively. And then annual internal dose with total diet for inhabitants near Wolsung NPPs is about $7.18{\times}10^{-3}mSv/y$, which is about 0.72% of annual effective dose limit 1 mSv/y.

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