Published 1997 | Version v1
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Nanodosimetry and nanodosimetric-based models of radiation action for radon alpha particles. Final performance technical report

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The goal of this project was to develop theoretical/computational tools for evaluating the risks incurred by populations exposed to radon alpha particles. Topics of concern include the following: compound dual radiation action (general aspects); a mathematical formalism describing the yield of radiation induced single-and double-strand DNA breaks, and its dependence on radiation quality; a study of the excited states in cytosine and guanine stacks in the Hartree-Fock and exciton approximations; nanodosimetry of radon alpha particles; application of the HSEF to assessing radiation risks in the practice of radiation protection; carcinogenic risk coefficients at environmental levels of radon exposures: a microdosimetric approach; and hit-size effectiveness approach in radiation protection

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Available from INIS in electronic form; ALSO AVAILABLE FROM OSTI AS DE99002788; NTIS; US GOVT. PRINTING OFFICE DEP.

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6 p.
Report number
DOE/ER/61022--T1

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Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
30046516
Subject category
S61: RADIATION PROTECTION AND DOSIMETRY; S63: RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGANISMS AND BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Progress Report
Descriptors DEI
CARCINOGENESIS; CYTOSINE; DOSIMETRY; GUANINE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROGRESS REPORT; RADIATION HAZARDS; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADON; STRAND BREAKS
Descriptors DEC
AMINES; AROMATICS; AZAARENES; AZINES; DNA DAMAGES; DOCUMENT TYPES; ELEMENTS; HAZARDS; HEALTH HAZARDS; HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS; HYDROXY COMPOUNDS; NONMETALS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; ORGANIC NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; ORGANIC OXYGEN COMPOUNDS; PATHOGENESIS; PURINES; PYRIMIDINES; RARE GASES

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Contract/Grant/Project number
Contract FG02-90ER61022
Funding organization
USDOE Office of Energy Research, Washington, DC (United States)