“100 bp a fi al Single. I” a (31 Time from detonation ta intake Intake I he r x e° CF aet 2 = q " 2 a ec v uw Sf 2 3 Lok Ee 2 . x 2 Prolonged intake ° : be L. r ol 4 to tl lo oo a tl be a 100 oust 10 Time fram Oatanation to Intake (hr) . he AiG. 2. Approximate infinity dose to thyroid from single intake of the 1!*! and its tellurium precursors from 10,000 fissions. This figure is used with Toble 3 in the preparation of Fig. 3 ‘| Pop 20 . net inn te do pa tt 30 40 50 100 top te tt lh 200 300400 *500_—. Duration of Intake (hr) * 2 ate ae wee, 3 - . .- a ‘ wd FiG. 3. Approximate relative infinity dose to thyroid from short-lived { isotopes and 1!5! for case of prolonged intcke. See Table 3 for sample calculation of these curves When ingestion or inhalation of radioactive fallout material occurs, it is important to be able to estimate the dose received. Mere, for the case cf radioiodine, is a procedure for determining ww the thyroid dose s'ven present activity or initial intake ce. The incase. glong with thelr, of Te: = cart of which sau disintecote within the hoist: [++ To estimate the sriginal rate of intuke of B® from a known activity in the thyroid at a later date, one can extrapolate according to the physical and biological cleeays of T'* only. This method ignores ti.ake factor b and thus overestimaies the original intake; it also ignores faetor c and thus uuderestimdtes the orginal in- AKLE | ou take The carne’ fo whi theses 7 afect theo amecver Jareneds treon time Of original intake ction detomaiteon ane woe eee coe thee tape WO SS SSIES SEGAD VIRS Co. . Mass number _. oe . ad ao! a (Te) Oo 1S] the duration of intake. pet Be t eee es _ ea {r) (Xoo. ve error would nut pe any greater than (fF's3 - 132 134 ~Smin-- 77hr The exact steps are given in che . — 2.4hr -+ stable <10min— COmin— 2l hr — 5.8 day — stable <Tmin-+ 6.7 hr . 1. Initial rate of intake of I'!, Re. <10 min > 43 min > 50.8 min— stable 15.3 min (~10%) 135 Ts following sections. Thesymbolsare de fined at the head of page 40. Two examples are given on pages 40 and 41. 95min 8.0 day — stable 133 / other tnhercnt waeeetainties. — 39 br Elowever. eati- mates of the effects of ignoring these two factors iwlicste that the overs] ‘9.2 hr-—+ 2.1 Assume that the rate of intuke decreases according to the physical decay of the isotope. Then activity in the thyroid changes with ttme thusly dA a7 X 108 yr — stable Rye! — (A, + ADA Vol. 14, No. 2 - February, 1956 x" L x & Po a z. ~ ike. 39 in . bea YT 7 he . ~ ~ a > an - ai. ih - . - + - .- a

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