Beta Particle DOSe Rates to Micro-Organisms in Soil

• Published in: JOURNAL OF RADIATION RESEARCH Vol. 18; no. 2; pp. 109 - 121
• Main Authors: Kabir, M, Spiers, F W, Iinuma, T A
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Japanese; English
• Published: England THE JAPAN RADIATION RESEARCH SOCIETY 1977; Oxford University Press
• Subjects: Animals; Background Radiation; Electrons; Invertebrates; Radiation Dosage; Radiation, Ionizing; Soil

Studies were made to estimate the beta-particle dose rates to micro-organisms of various sizes in soil. The small insects and organisms living in soil are constantly exposed to betaradiations arising from the naturally occuring radionuclides in soil as in this case no overlying tissue shields them....