- Author
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Wernli, C.
- Title
- Radiological Risk From Am-241 in Ionization Smoke Chambers.
- Coporate
- Eidgenoessisches Institute fuer Reaktorforschung, Wuerenlingen, Switzerland
- Report
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EIR-369
June 1979
42 p.
- Distribution
- Available from National Technical Information Service
- Keywords
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smoke detectors
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aerosols
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ionization chambers
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radiation hazards
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radiation protection
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risk assessment
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inhalation
- Identifiers
- alpha sources; ingestion; natural radioactivity; radiation doses
- Abstract
- The author discusses the risk to man from the use of ionization smoke chamber detectors with an Am-241 radiation source. The estimated dose is compared with that due to natural radioactivity.