Have a personal or library account? Click to login
Simulated nuclear contamination scenario, solid cancer risk assessment, and support to decision Cover

Simulated nuclear contamination scenario, solid cancer risk assessment, and support to decision

Open Access
|Apr 2019

References

  1. 1. Lugar, R. G. (2005, June). The Lugar survey on proliferation threats and responses. Available from https://fas.org/irp/threat/lugar_survey.pdf.
  2. 2. Reed, B. C. (2014). The history and science of the Manhattan project. Springer.10.1007/978-3-642-40297-5
  3. 3. Mian, Z., & Glaser, A. (2015). Nuclear weapons and fissile material stockpiles and production. In NPT Review Conference, 27 April – 22 May 2015. New York, USA: United Nations. Available from http://www.princeton.edu/~aglaser/IT050-Mian-Glaser-NPT-New-York.pdf.
  4. 4. Bunn, M., & Wier, A. (2006). Terrorist nuclear weapon construction: How difficult? Ann. Am. Acad. Polit. Soc. Sci., 607(1), 133–149.10.1177/0002716206290260
  5. 5. Potter, W. C., & Mukhatzhanova, G. (2010). Forecasting nuclear proliferation in the 21st century (Vol. 2). Stanford University Press.10.1515/9781503627420
  6. 6. Reed, B. C. (2011). Fission fizzles: Estimating the yield of a predetonated nuclear weapon. Am. J. Phys., 79(7), 769–773.10.1119/1.3569575
  7. 7. Marka, J. C. (1993). Explosive properties of reactor-grade plutonium. Science and Global Security, 4(1), 111–128. https://doi.org/10.1080/08929889308426394.10.1080/08929889308426394
  8. 8. Garwin, R. L., & von Hippel, N. (2006). A technical analysis: Deconstructing North Korea’s October 9 nuclear test. Arm Control Association. Available from https://www.armscontrol.org/act/2006_11/tech.
  9. 9. Mazzetti, M. (2006, October 14). Preliminary samples hint at North Korean nuclear test. New York Times. Available from https://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/14/world/asia/14nuke.html.
  10. 10. Zhao, L. -F., Xie, X. -B., Wang, W. -M., & Yao, Z. -X. (2008). Regional seismic characteristics of the 9 October 2006 North Korean nuclear test. Bull. Seismol. Soc. Amer., 98(6), 2571–2589. doi: 10.1785/0120080128.10.1785/0120080128
  11. 11. Poeton, R. W., Glines, W. M., & McBaugh, D. (2009). Planning for the worst in Washington State: initial response planning for improvised nuclear device explosions. Health Phys., 96(1), 19–26.10.1097/01.HP.0000326329.89953.5c19066483
  12. 12. Florig, H. K., & Fischhoff, B. (2007). Individuals’ decisions affecting radiation exposure after a nuclear explosion. Health Phys., 92(5), 475–483.10.1097/01.HP.0000255660.33000.a617429306
  13. 13. Meit, M., Redlener, I., Briggs, T. W., Kwanisai, M., Culp, D., & Abramson, D. M. (2011). Rural and suburban population surge following detonation of an improvised nuclear device: a new model to estimate impact. Disaster Med. Public Health Prep., 5(Suppl. 1), S143–S150. https://doi.org/10.1001/dmp.2011.20.10.1001/dmp.2011.2021402807
  14. 14. Greenberg, M. R., & Lowrie, K. W. (2009). Risk analysis. Risk Anal., 29(3), 315–316.10.1111/j.1539-6924.2009.01215.x19243533
  15. 15. Thompson, D. E., Mabuchi, K., Ron, E., Soda, M., Tokunaga, M., Ochikubo, S., Sugimoto, S., Ikeda, T., Terasaki, M., Izumi, S., & Preston, D. L. (1994). Cancer incidence in atomic bomb survivors. Part II: Solid tumors, 1958–1987. Radiat. Res., 137(2s), S17–S67.10.2307/3578892
  16. 16. Ron, E., Preston, D. L., Mabuchi, K., Thompson, D. E., & Soda, M. (1994). Cancer incidence in atomic bomb survivors. Part IV: Comparison of cancer incidence and mortality. Radiat. Res., 137(2s), S98–S112.10.2307/3578894
  17. 17. Mabuchi, K., Soda, M., Ron, E., Tokunaga, M., Ochikubo, S., Sugimoto, S., Ikeda, T., Terasaki, M., Preston, D. L., & Thompson, D. E. (1994). Cancer incidence in atomic bomb survivors. Part I: Use of the tumor registries in Hiroshima and Nagasaki for incidence studies. Radiat. Res., 137(2s), S1–S16.10.2307/3578891
  18. 18. Homann, S. G. (2013). HotSpot Health Physics Codes Version 3.0 User’s Guide. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, CA, USA.
  19. 19. Jones, A., Thomson, D., Hort, M., & Devenish, B. (2007). The UK Met Office’s next-generation atmospheric dispersion model, Name III. In C. Borrego, & A. -L. Norman (Eds.), Air pollution modeling and its application XVII (pp. 580–589). Springer.10.1007/978-0-387-68854-1_62
  20. 20. Shin, H., & Kim, J. (2009). Development of realistic RDD scenarios and their radiological consequence analyses. Appl. Radiat. Isot., 67(7/8), 1516–1520.10.1016/j.apradiso.2009.02.05419318261
  21. 21. Saint Yves, T. L. A., Carbal, P. A. M., Brum, T., Rother, F. C., Alves, P. F. P. M., Lauria, D. C., & de Andrade E. R. (2012). Terrorist radiological dispersive device (RDD) scenario and cancer risk assessment. Hum. Ecol. Risk Assess., 18(5), 971–983. https://doi.org/10.1080/10807039.2012.707926.10.1080/10807039.2012.707926
  22. 22. Onishchenko, G. G. (2007). Radiological and medical consequences of the Chernobyl atomic power station accident in the Russian Federation. Gig. Sanit., 4, 6–13 (in Russian).
  23. 23. Glasstone, S., & Dolan, P. J. (1977). The effects of nuclear weapons. Washington, DC: US Department of Defense.10.21236/ADA087568
  24. 24. Hendee, W. R. (1992). Estimation of radiation risks. BEIR V and its significance for medicine. JAMA, 268(5), 620–624.10.1001/jama.1992.03490050068028
  25. 25. Preston, D. L., Kusumi, S., Tomonaga, M., Izumi, S., Ron, S., Kuramoto, A., Kamada, N., Dohy, H., Matsui, T., Nonaka, H., Thompson, D. E., Soda, M., & Mabuchi, K. (1994). Cancer incidence in atomic bomb survivors. Part III. Leukemia, lymphoma and multiple myeloma, 1950–1987. Radiat. Res., 137(2s), S68–S97.10.2307/3578893
  26. 26. Charles, M. (2001). UNSCEAR Report 2000: sources and effects of ionizing radiation, United Nations Scientific Comittee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation. J. Radiol. Prot., 21(1), 83–86.10.1088/0952-4746/21/1/60911281539
  27. 27. Socol, Y., & Dobrzynski, L. (2015). Atomic bomb survivors life-span study: Insufficient statistical power to select radiation carcinogenesis model. Dose-Response, 13(1), (17 pp.). DOI: 10.2203/doseresponse.14-034.Socol.10.2203/doseresponse.14-034.Socol
  28. 28. Mettler, F. A. (2012). Medical effects and risks of exposure to ionising radiation. J. Radiol. Prot., 32(1), N9–N13.10.1088/0952-4746/32/1/N922395124
  29. 29. International Atomic Energy Agency. (1996). Methods for estimating the probability of cancer from occupational radiation exposure. Vienna: IAEA. (IAEA-TECDOC-870).
  30. 30. National Research Council. (2006). Health risks from exposure to low levels of ionizing radiation: BEIR VII phase 2 (Vol. 7). Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. https://doi.org/10.17226/11340.10.17226/11340
  31. 31. Kendall, G. M., Muirhead, C. R., MacGibbon, B. H., O’Hagan, J. A., Goodill, A. A., Butland, B. K., Fell, T. P., Jackson, D. A., & Webb, M. A. (1992). Mortality and occupational exposure to radiation: first analysis of the National Registry for Radiation Workers. BMJ, 304(6821), 220–225.10.1136/bmj.304.6821.220
  32. 32. Wolbarst, A. B., Wiley, A. L., Nemhauser, J. B., Christensen, D. M., & Hendee, W. R. (2010). Medical response to a major radiologic emergency: A primer for medical and public health practitioners. Radiology, 254(3), 660–677. https://doi.org/10.1148/radiol.09090330.10.1148/radiol.0909033020177084
  33. 33. Andresz, S., Morgan, J., Croüail, P., & Vermeersch, F. (2018). Conclusions and recommendations from the 17th Workshop of the European ALARA Network ‘ALARA in emergency exposure situations’. J. Radiol. Prot., 38(1), 434–439.10.1088/1361-6498/aaa86b29339579
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/nuka-2019-0005 | Journal eISSN: 1508-5791 | Journal ISSN: 0029-5922
Language: English
Page range: 41 - 48
Submitted on: Sep 10, 2018
Accepted on: Feb 20, 2019
Published on: Apr 24, 2019
Published by: Institute of Nuclear Chemistry and Technology
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year

© 2019 Sergio X. Lima, Karolina P. S. Costa, Zelmo R. Lima, Fagner C. Rother, Olga M. O. Araujo, Helio C. Vital, Tercio Brum, Wilson F. R. S. Junior, Jose Carlos C. Amorim, Matthew J. F. Healy, Edson R. Andrade, published by Institute of Nuclear Chemistry and Technology
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.