title: A SURVEY ON THE ACCURACY OF WHOLE-BODY COUNTERS OPERATED IN FUKUSHIMA AFTER THE NUCLEAR DISASTER.
abstract: To check internal contamination, whole-body counters (WBCs) have been used continuously in Fukushima prefecture since the 2011 disaster. Many WBCs have been installed recently. The accuracy of these WBCs has been tested with bottle manikin absorption phantoms. No significant problems with the performance or accuracy of the WBCs have been found.
authors.affiliation: National Institute of Radiological Sciences, 4-9-1 Anagawa, Inage-ku, Chiba-shi 263-8555, Japan nakano@nirs.go.jp.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nakano
authors.affiliation: National Institute of Radiological Sciences, 4-9-1 Anagawa, Inage-ku, Chiba-shi 263-8555, Japan.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: National Institute of Radiological Sciences, 4-9-1 Anagawa, Inage-ku, Chiba-shi 263-8555, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tani
authors.affiliation: National Institute of Radiological Sciences, 4-9-1 Anagawa, Inage-ku, Chiba-shi 263-8555, Japan.
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Kurihara
authors.affiliation: National Institute of Radiological Sciences, 4-9-1 Anagawa, Inage-ku, Chiba-shi 263-8555, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sakai
mesh_terms: D002138:Calibration; D002588:Cesium Radioisotopes / Q000032:analysis*; D004190:Disasters; D055866:Earthquakes; D004781:Environmental Exposure / Q000032:analysis*; D062406:Fukushima Nuclear Accident; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D008297:Male; D055848:Nuclear Power Plants; D019047:Phantoms, Imaging; D011829:Radiation Dosage; D011834:Radiation Monitoring / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012588:Scintillation Counting; D012974:Sodium Iodide / Q000032:analysis; D014915:Whole-Body Counting / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods
chemical_list: D002588:Cesium Radioisotopes; D012974:Sodium Iodide