YAYOI nuclear reactor of the University of Tokyo (Thermal column)
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[2]: TKY-TC (YAYOI thermal column) Experimental system
Filter: No filter. Irradiation with neutrons after 820mm pas through the air (ϕ=200mm) collimated with B4C and parafin.
E(ave)=0.477 MeV, Gamma contamination (E=1.432 MeV)=15.7 % at Gy level
Materials: Human peripheral blood (whole blood irradiation)
Date: 1990.11.20.
Dose No. of Aberrations Distribution of cells with indicated number of aberrarions
(Gy) cells Tet Tri Dic Rc Ra aM F del S del Aber 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
0 300 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 2 2 Dics 300
D+R 300
All 296 4
0.12 300 0 0 42 14 2 4 57 9 32 25 Dics 261 36 2
D+R 247 48 5
All 237 38 19 4 2
0.244 250 0 1 61 11 4 6 77 11 28 20 Dics 196 46 7 1
D+R 188 48 12 2
All 175 46 21 5 3
0.366 200 0 3 84 17 4 11 107 13 51 38 Dics 135 45 15 5
D+R 124 50 17 9
All 108 46 23 14 6 3
0.61 200 0 2 106 25 9 24 143 21 64 52 Dics 110 71 18 1
D+R 96 71 27 5 1
All 73 59 37 19 10 1 1
0.854 200 2 5 168 28 11 25 210 26 105 80 Dics 83 76 25 11 2 2 1
D+R 67 77 33 17 3 2 1
All 47 63 33 29 13 8 4 2 1
1.22 200 0 10 232 36 8 34 295 28 138 120 Dics 55 72 49 16 7 1
D+R 45 68 53 24 4 3 2 1
All 24 45 47 38 24 12 6 3 1
1.83 200 3 17 316 73 20 91 419 38 212 166 Dics 18 17 61 27 8 7 2
D+R 12 53 66 34 19 8 7 1
All 5 17 51 40 32 12 11 15 11 3 1 1 1
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(2) TKY-TC:      E=0.747 MeV,      Fluence rate=3.338E+08 n/cm2/sec/kW,      Kerma=0.483 rad/sec/kW,       Kerma/n=1.446E-09 rad