FOOD – AN INTERACTIVE CODE TO CALCULATE INTERNAL RADIATION DOSES FROM CONTAMINATED FOOD PRODUCTS

摘要

An interactive code, FOOD, has been written in BASIC for the UNIVAC 1103 to facilitate calculation of internal radiation doses to man from radionuclides in food products. In the dose model, vegetation may be contaminated by either air or irrigation water containing radionuclides. The model considers two mechanisms for radionuclide contamination of vegetation:1) direct deposition on leaves and 2) uptake from soil through the root system. The user may select up to 14 food categories with corresponding consumption rates, growing periods and either irrigation rates or atmospheric deposition rates. These foods include various kinds of produce, grains and animal products. At present, doses may be calculated for the skin, total body and five internal organs from 190 radio nuclides. Dose summaries can to displayed at the local terminal. Further details on percent contribution to dose by nuclide and by food type are available from an auxiliary high-speed printer. This output also includes estimated radionuclide concentrations in soil, plants and animal products.