UTR-KINKI 1 W Reactor, Atomic Energy Institute, Kinki University (1)
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Uranium fission neutrons (UTR-Air), E(ave)=0.101 MeV
  Experimental system
UTR-KINKI (1W reactor), Atomic Energy Institute, Kinki University
UTR-Air: (No additional filter), Gamma contamination=46.7 %
Materials: Human peripheral blood lymphocytes (whole blood irradiation)
Experiment #1; 1987.09.16
Dose No. of Aberrations Distribution of cells with indicated number of aberrations
(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
0 800 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 5 1 1 Dics 800
D+R 800
All 794 6
0.071 700 0 1 22 2 0 8 31 6 6 5 Dics 679 19 1 1
D+R 678 19 2 1
All 666 26 5 3
0.217 500 0 2 50 8 3 10 74 15 27 25 Dics 457 34 7 2
D+R 449 39 10 2
All 421 54 16 7 2
0.349 400 0 0 81 12 1 18 94 13 47 35 Dics 329 62 8 1
D+R 324 60 14 2
All 288 77 23 11 1
0.569 400 1 9 138 29 2 33 189 14 60 50 Dics 287 81 26 2 2 1 1
D+R 274 82 34 5 3 1 1
All 247 72 50 23 1 4 2 1
0.835 400 0 4 196 42 18 50 269 37 97 84 Dics 253 99 41 6 1
D+R 225 113 44 12 4 1 1
All 184 105 50 35 17 4 2 2 1
1.112 300 0 14 215 40 14 53 303 40 115 95 Dics 148 86 48 13 3 2
D+R 131 88 49 21 8 2 1
All 88 80 57 37 19 12 5 2
Uranium fission neutrons (UTR-Air), E(ave)=0.101 MeV
UTR-KINKI (1W reactor), Atomic Energy Institute, Kinki University
UTR-Air: (No additional filter), Gamma contamination=46.7 %
Materials: Human peripheral blood lymphocytes (whole blood irradiation)
Experiment #2; 1989.11.17
Dose No. of Aberrations Distribution of cells with indicated number of aberrations
(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
0.196 214 19 5 2 5 22 2 6 5 Dics 199 13 1 1
D+R 195 15 3 1
All 189 17 7 1
0.391 221 1 29 12 7 4 38 8 30 19 Dics 192 27 2
D+R 177 38 6
All 161 41 17 2
0.782 205 1 83 15 4 7 83 10 43 22 Dics 140 50 11 3 1
D+R 130 53 16 5 1
All 114 56 22 11 2
1.173 223 1 2 133 18 9 27 156 27 76 54 Dics 127 66 21 5 3 1
D+R 115 72 20 10 5 1
All 82 66 39 22 6 7 1
1.564 222 9 196 21 11 22 224 22 101 75 Dics 89 77 36 16 3 1
D+R 80 76 38 20 7 1
All 60 64 43 26 14 10 4 1
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