Re: Alpha particle hormesis

["dkosloff1" <dkosloff1@email.msn.com>]

One has to be careful using noble gas estimates to estimate iodine exposure.
Much of the iodine plates out inside containment and gets dissolved in
water.  There is more information on this in the RADSAFE archives.
>
> Also,  I receintly read the paper by Talbot concerning cancer incidence
> around TMI.   She uses noble gas estimtes to estimte relative exposure of
> Iodine.   It seems to me that the iodine may behave differently in
> trnasport.  Can you assume the iodine followed the same paths as the noble
> gas?
>
> Harry Hinks
> harryhinks@hotmail.com


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