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http://dx.doi.org/10.7742/jksr.2019.13.1.87

Design of Simple Shielding Handkerchief to Protect the Passenger's Thyroid  

Jung, Hongmoon (Department of Radiological Science, Daegu Health College)
Jung, Jaeeun (Department of Radiological Science, Daegu Health College)
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Journal of the Korean Society of Radiology / v.13, no.1, 2019 , pp. 87-93 More about this Journal
Abstract
Recently, the number of passengers using airplanes is rapidly increasing due to the increase of overseas travelers. Therefore, the probability of exposure to natural radiation due to altitude is increasing due to the increase in flight time. Cosmic-ray penetrates the Earth's magnetic field belt Van Allen, which is located at an altitude of 400 km to 1200 km. Most cosmic rays are blocked at Van Allen belt. However, cosmic-ray could be not completely blocked, and a small amount of cosmic-ray affects the earth. In general, if the altitude was increased by 100m, the natural exposure dose increased by 0.03 mSv on the Earth. In this study, I tried to minimize the exposure to natural radiation in airplanes when boarding airplanes. Especially, I was aimed to minimize radiation exposure by protecting the highly sensitive thyroid gland among human organs. According to the results of the study, the designed shielding handkerchief was able to shield cosmic natural radiation dose by more than 70%. In conclusion, the application of the shielding handkerchief made in this study can be effectively shield natural radiation.
Keywords
cosmic-ray shield; altitude natural radiation; radiation shielding handkerchief;
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