Italian intercomparison exercise on internal dose assessment

Radiat Prot Dosimetry. 2003;105(1-4):443-6. doi: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.rpd.a006278.

Abstract

In 2001, the Radiation Protection Institute of ENEA promoted an Italian intercomparison exercise on internal dose assessment addressed to the qualified experts in radiation protection, following the coming into force in Italian law of the EURATOM 96/29 Directive. Five case studies of occupational exposure related to the Italian situation are used. The considered radioisotopes are: 60Co, 89Sr, 125I, 131I, and 222Rn + NORM (238U-235U-232Th). Data related to WBC, thyroid and urine excretion measurements, as well as radionuclide air concentration in the workplace, are provided to the participants. The results related to medical, industrial and Rn occupational exposure are well represented as means of log-normal distributions with values of the geometric standard deviation less than 2. A wider spread of results is present for the evaluation of occupational exposure to NORM.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study
  • Evaluation Study
  • Validation Study

MeSH terms

  • Benchmarking / methods*
  • Computer Simulation
  • Humans
  • Italy
  • Models, Biological
  • Occupational Exposure / analysis*
  • Radiation Dosage
  • Radiation Protection / methods*
  • Radiation Protection / standards
  • Radioactive Pollutants / analysis
  • Radioisotopes / analysis
  • Radioisotopes / pharmacokinetics*
  • Radiometry / methods*
  • Radiometry / standards*
  • Reproducibility of Results
  • Risk Assessment / methods*
  • Risk Assessment / standards
  • Sensitivity and Specificity

Substances

  • Radioactive Pollutants
  • Radioisotopes