Appendix 9 (continued)

C.

Data on Principle [Isotopes of Iodine Contributing to Thyroid Dose

(From "Inhalation of Radioiodine from Fallout:

Hazards and Countermeasures" by R. Colet37)

E

max’

MeV

Relative

abundance, %

Range in

tissue, um

50%~Dose

radius,* un

Iodine-131 Betas
0.246

2.2

0.332

10.6

0.606
0.807

1,000

86.4
0.8

150

2,100

310

375

Iodine-132 Betas
0.681

15

2,500

0.934

20

3,900

1.150
1.583
2.111

22
22
21

625

5,400
8,400
11,900

920
1,500
2,400

6,800

1,200

8,100
15,800

1,460
3,300

Teodine-133 Betas
0.49
1.34

7
93
Iodine-134 Betas

0.87
1.55
2.65
3.51

5
65
25
'5
Todine-135 Betas

0.40
1.00

35
40

1,300
4,300

195
690

1.43

25

7,300

1,300

*The 50%-dose radius is defined, for a point source in tissue, as the distance

within which 50% of the dose, for that energy, is distributed.
**Since this isotope with 53-min half-life is important only for about 6 hr, it

was not considered in the Marshallese thyroid dose calculations.

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