Measurements of radioactivity in books and calculations of resultant eye doses to readers.
Natural and fallout radioactivity in some book samples were measured with an HPGe detector coupled with a 4096 channel analyzer in order to estimate the radiation doses to readers' eyes from books. The radiation doses to a population at large due to the presence of radioactivity in the book are not significant. Thus, no radiation hazard occurs from the radioactivity content in the book. The estimated radiation doses to eyes were found to be below the maximum permissible dose to eyes recommended by ICRP.
Imtiaz
M Abid
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Nuclear Safety and Radiation Control Division, Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission, PO Box 158, Ramna, Dhaka-1000, Bangladesh. abid_imtiaz@msn.com
Begum
Aleya
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Mollah
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Zaman
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D001877:Books; D005123:Eye / Q000528:radiation effects*; D006801:Humans; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D011829:Radiation Dosage; D011834:Radiation Monitoring; D013051:Spectrometry, Gamma