Radiation Protection Dosimetry - A Radical Reappraisal

["Sandy Perle" <sandyfl@earthlink.net>]

Below is the complete text.. I had the word "from" in one line.. 
sorry about that!

The above subject is the title of a new book published just last 
week. I was fortunate to buy a copy during the recent Southern 
California Chapter - HPS Meeting, at which time 
Dr. John Cameron conducted a workshop, and, gave the after 
dinner presentation. The book is quite interesting, and I believe 
would be a great addition to anyone's reference library. It 
addresses many issues and I've provided a synopsis below.

Radiation Protection Dosimetry
A Radical Reappraisal
Jack A. Simmons and David E. Watt
1999/ 160 PAGES SOFTCOVER $35.95
Medical Physics Publishing 800/442-5778;
www.medicalphysics.org or mpp@medicalphysics.org

This is the first major effort to present an alter-native approach to 
current radiation protection dosimetry. The authors analyze the 
defects and limitations of the present radiation protection paradigm, 
recording the history of its evolution, primarily the roles of the 
International Commission for Radiological Protection (ICRP) and 
the International Commission on Radiation Units and Measure-
ments (ICRU), and documenting scientific lapses. A detailed 
description of the various radiobiological models to describe health 
effects of radiation is also presented. The authors' proposed model 
for radiation protection dosimetry is based primarily en radiation 
fluence rather than radiation dose. The model excludes the linear, 
no-threshold (LNT) model of radiation risk and suggests a threshold 
of 0.2 Sv for low linear energy transfer (LET) radiation and a much 
higher threshold for high LET radiation, such as from radium and 
plutonium.  

Contents
…	Introduction-A Historical Precedent in Astronomy
…	A Brief Early History of Radiation Units and Radiation         
            Protection
…	The 1990 Recommendations of the ICRP and Their             
            Consequences
…	Simulation of Models of Biophysical Effectiveness
…	Radiation as a Probe for the Physical Investigation of
            Radiosensitive Structure in Biological Targets
…	Model of Radiation Bioeffectivcness and Its Application in a
            Fluence-based System
…	Conclusions


Sandy Perle
E-Mail: sandyfl@earthlink.net 
Personal Website: http://www.geocities.com/capecanaveral/1205

"The object of opening the mind, as of opening 
the mouth, is to close it again on something solid"
              - G. K. Chesterton -
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