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http://dx.doi.org/10.7742/jksr.2013.7.6.377

Analysis of Dose by Items According to Act on Safety Control of Radiation Around Living Environment  

Jeong, Cheonsoo (Department of Radiological Science, Mokpo science University)
Oh, Hyunji (Department of Radiological Science, Mokpo science University)
Lee, Jieun (Department of Radiological Science, Mokpo science University)
Jo, Sumin (Department of Radiological Science, Mokpo science University)
Park, Sohyun (Department of Radiological Science, Mokpo science University)
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Journal of the Korean Society of Radiology / v.7, no.6, 2013 , pp. 377-381 More about this Journal
Abstract
The study attempted to analyze items presented in Act on safety control of radioactive rays around living environment, which has been recently enacted. The test items have been divided into cosmic rays, cosmic rays, terrestrial radiation, and byproduct, etc., and the selected locations for measurement included an airplane at 8000m in the air, mountainous area at 1000m above sea level, 15m-underground building, construction site, and seashore at 0m altitude. The test showed that, based on cosmic rays, plane at 8000m in the air had 4.91mSv/y of effective dose per year. The mountainous area at 1000m above sea level, which was chosen to measure cosmic rays and terrestrial radiation, was measured 0.35mSv higher than the seashore at 0m in altitude due to the effect of cosmic rays and terrestrial radiation from the greater height above sea level. The construction site, chosen as a location to measure byproduct, showed the highest value among the items with 6.66mSv, which is as 10times high as that of a completed building. The seashore at 0m in altitude had 5.96mSv, and, 15m-underground building, based on terrestrial radiation, was the lowest with 4.91mSv. This suggests that, despite the assumption that terrestrial radiation will have greater effect deeper underground, it did not affect inside the building significantly. This study showed that the items presented in Act on safety control of radioactive rays around living environment were not close to effective dose limit for radiation workers proposed by ICRP. However, they were between 4 and 7 times higher than that for general public. This suggests that there should be continuous research on and attention to Safe Management of Daily Surrounding Radiation Act, which is still at its beginning stage.
Keywords
Act on safety control of radioactive rays around living environment; cosmic rays; terrestrial radiation; byproduct;
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