ICRP Publication 158
Dose Coefficients for Intakes of Radionuclides by Members of the Public: Part 1
Recommended citation
ICRP, 2024. Dose Coefficients for Intakes of Radionuclides by Members of the Public: Part 1. ICRP Publication 158. Ann. ICRP 53(4-5).
Authors on behalf of ICRP
F. Paquet, M.R. Bailey, R.W. Leggett, T. Smith, E. Blanchardon, A. Giussani, J.W. Marsh, G. Ratia, C. Samuels, D. Gregoratto, V. Berkovskyy, D. Jokisch
Abstract - This publication is the first in a series of publications giving age-specific dose coefficients for members of the public for environmental intakes of radionuclides by inhalation and ingestion. This series replaces the Publication 56 series, updates some data from Publication 119, and is in addition to the Occupational Intakes of Radionuclides series. The revised dose coefficients have been calculated using the Publication 100 Human Alimentary Tract Model and the Publication 130 revision of the Human Respiratory Tract Model. Revisions have also been made to many of the models that describe the systemic biokinetics of radionuclides absorbed to blood, making them more physiologically realistic representations of uptake and retention in organs and tissues, and of excretion. Changes introduced in Publication 103 have been implemented to: the radiation weighting factors used in the calculation of equivalent doses to tissues; the tissue weighting factors used in the calculation of effective dose; and the separate calculation of equivalent doses to males and females with sex-averaging in the calculation of effective dose. Reference anatomical computational phantoms, such as those in Publications 110 and 143 (i.e. models of the human body based on medical imaging data), have replaced many of the composite mathematical models used for previous calculations of organ doses. Dose calculations were also improved by using updated radionuclide decay data in Publication 107, and specific absorbed fraction data in Publications 133 and 155.
MAIN POINTS
• This publication is the first in a series of publications giving age-specific dose coefficients for members of the public for environmental intakes of radionuclides by inhalation and ingestion. This series replaces the Publication 56 series, and updates some data from Publication 119.
• The data provided are age-specific dose coefficients for members of the public for environmental intakes of radionuclides by inhalation and ingestion. As in the Publication 56 series, dose coefficients are presented in the present series of publications for intakes by 3-month-old infants; 1-, 5-, 10-, and 15-year-old children; and adults.
• The coefficients provided in the printed publications of this series are the committed effective dose per intake (Sv Bq–1) for inhalation and ingestion. Data are provided for all absorption types and for the most common isotope(s) of each element. The electronic data that accompany this series of publications contain a comprehensive set of committed effective and equivalent dose coefficients.
• This publication provides the data above for some of the elements already described in Parts 2 and 3 of the Occupational Intakes of Radionuclides series (Publications 134 and 137), i.e. hydrogen (H), carbon (C), phosphorus (P), sulphur (S), calcium (Ca), iron (Fe), cobalt (Co), nickel (Ni), zinc (Zn), selenium (Se), strontium (Sr), yttrium (Y), zirconium (Zr), niobium (Nb), molybdenum (Mo), technetium (Tc), ruthenium (Ru), silver (Ag), antimony (Sb), tellurium (Te), iodine (I), caesium (Cs), barium (Ba), iridium (Ir), lead (Pb), bismuth (Bi), polonium (Po), radon (Rn), and radium (Ra).
ICRP, 2024. Dose Coefficients for Intakes of Radionuclides by Members of the Public: Part 1. ICRP Publication 158. Ann. ICRP 53(4-5).
Authors on behalf of ICRP
F. Paquet, M.R. Bailey, R.W. Leggett, T. Smith, E. Blanchardon, A. Giussani, J.W. Marsh, G. Ratia, C. Samuels, D. Gregoratto, V. Berkovskyy, D. Jokisch
Abstract - This publication is the first in a series of publications giving age-specific dose coefficients for members of the public for environmental intakes of radionuclides by inhalation and ingestion. This series replaces the Publication 56 series, updates some data from Publication 119, and is in addition to the Occupational Intakes of Radionuclides series. The revised dose coefficients have been calculated using the Publication 100 Human Alimentary Tract Model and the Publication 130 revision of the Human Respiratory Tract Model. Revisions have also been made to many of the models that describe the systemic biokinetics of radionuclides absorbed to blood, making them more physiologically realistic representations of uptake and retention in organs and tissues, and of excretion. Changes introduced in Publication 103 have been implemented to: the radiation weighting factors used in the calculation of equivalent doses to tissues; the tissue weighting factors used in the calculation of effective dose; and the separate calculation of equivalent doses to males and females with sex-averaging in the calculation of effective dose. Reference anatomical computational phantoms, such as those in Publications 110 and 143 (i.e. models of the human body based on medical imaging data), have replaced many of the composite mathematical models used for previous calculations of organ doses. Dose calculations were also improved by using updated radionuclide decay data in Publication 107, and specific absorbed fraction data in Publications 133 and 155.
MAIN POINTS
• This publication is the first in a series of publications giving age-specific dose coefficients for members of the public for environmental intakes of radionuclides by inhalation and ingestion. This series replaces the Publication 56 series, and updates some data from Publication 119.
• The data provided are age-specific dose coefficients for members of the public for environmental intakes of radionuclides by inhalation and ingestion. As in the Publication 56 series, dose coefficients are presented in the present series of publications for intakes by 3-month-old infants; 1-, 5-, 10-, and 15-year-old children; and adults.
• The coefficients provided in the printed publications of this series are the committed effective dose per intake (Sv Bq–1) for inhalation and ingestion. Data are provided for all absorption types and for the most common isotope(s) of each element. The electronic data that accompany this series of publications contain a comprehensive set of committed effective and equivalent dose coefficients.
• This publication provides the data above for some of the elements already described in Parts 2 and 3 of the Occupational Intakes of Radionuclides series (Publications 134 and 137), i.e. hydrogen (H), carbon (C), phosphorus (P), sulphur (S), calcium (Ca), iron (Fe), cobalt (Co), nickel (Ni), zinc (Zn), selenium (Se), strontium (Sr), yttrium (Y), zirconium (Zr), niobium (Nb), molybdenum (Mo), technetium (Tc), ruthenium (Ru), silver (Ag), antimony (Sb), tellurium (Te), iodine (I), caesium (Cs), barium (Ba), iridium (Ir), lead (Pb), bismuth (Bi), polonium (Po), radon (Rn), and radium (Ra).
