Monte Carlo modeling of beta-radiometer device used to measure milk contaminated as a result of the Chernobyl accident

Title: Monte Carlo modeling of beta-radiometer device used to measure milk contaminated as a result of the Chernobyl accident
Author: Khrutchinsky, A. / Kutsen, S. / Minenko, V. / Zhukova, O. / Luckyanov, N. / Bouville, A. / Drozdovitch, V.

Reference: Applied Radiation and Isotopes, 67 (6), p.1089-1093, Jun 2009

doi: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2009.01.072

Keywords: Geiger–Mueller; Radionuclide; Calibration factor; Chernobyl

Abstract: …radiation exposure to the thyroid was from iodine isotopes…131 I. The US National Cancer Institute is conducting…cohort study in Belarus of thyroid cancer among the persons exposed…childhood following the Chernobyl accident. The reconstruction…

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