Re: HELP! Criticality Dose Estimate Trivia

["Ron L. Kathren" <rkathren@tricity.wsu.edu>]

I think you are referring to the "Quick Sort" technique developed by the now
retired Bob Wilson at Hanford a few decades back.  The technique measures
blood sodium activation, and was not meant to be quantitative but rather a
qualitative measure of whether the person had received a neutron exposure.
As originally devised, I believe that the technique called for the person
being evaluated to bend over a G-M probe held at approximately the navel,
thus providing somewhat better geometry with respect to the circulating
blood than the axilla.  In my experience, anyone with a detectable reading
was to be referred for further evaluation.

Ron Kathren


-----Original Message-----
From: Weaver, Ellsworth III <JEW1@pge.com>
To: Multiple recipients of list <radsafe@romulus.ehs.uiuc.edu>
Date: Friday, January 07, 2000 9:22 AM
Subject: HELP! Criticality Dose Estimate Trivia


>Dear Radsafers,
>
>I am about to present a class on severe radiation accidents. I know that
one
>of the questions from the class is going to be about estimating neutron
dose
>using a hot-dog probe put in the axilla of the victim. Does anyone know
what
>the conversion factor was? I know it must be out there somewhere. I looked
>through the archives with no luck.
>
>One other thing, what is the best guess now of the actual Gy or rad
received
>by Mr. A, B, & C? I recall that the ANS reported much lower doses.
>
>Thanks in advance from a harried (but hairless) teacher,
>J. Ellsworth Weaver
>PG&E's Diablo Canyon Power Plant
>Avila Beach, CA
>805.545.3029
>
>jew1@pge.com
>
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