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Endo S, Taniguchi T, Kajimoto T, Tanaka K, Takada M, Kamada S, Horiguchi T, Fujikawa K. Measurement of the gamma-ray energy spectrum of the educational Kinki University Reactor (UTR-KINKI). Appl Radiat Isot 2017; 124:90-92. [PMID: 28347899 DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2017.03.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/10/2016] [Revised: 03/02/2017] [Accepted: 03/12/2017] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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The gamma-ray energy spectrum of the Kinki University Reactor (UTR-KINKI) was estimated from Ge detector measurements combined with Monte Carlo N-particle transport criticality calculations. The gamma rays mainly originated from prompt fission components, although small amounts of gamma rays from (n,γ) reactions, fission product gamma rays, and activation gamma rays were detected. The averaged gamma-ray tissue kerma rate in the irradiation port during UTR-KINKI operation at 1W was calculated as 10.5cGy/h based on the estimated gamma-ray energy spectrum. This value is consistent with a previous measurement with paired ionization chambers and a tissue equivalent gas proportional counter. This result demonstrates the reliability of the estimated gamma-ray energy spectrum.
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- Satoru Endo
- Quantum Energy Applications, Graduate School of Engineering, Hiroshima University, 1-4-1 Kagamiyama, Higashi-Hiroshima, Hiroshima 739-8527, Japan
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- Quantum Energy Applications, Graduate School of Engineering, Hiroshima University, 1-4-1 Kagamiyama, Higashi-Hiroshima, Hiroshima 739-8527, Japan
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- Quantum Energy Applications, Graduate School of Engineering, Hiroshima University, 1-4-1 Kagamiyama, Higashi-Hiroshima, Hiroshima 739-8527, Japan
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- Quantum Energy Applications, Graduate School of Engineering, Hiroshima University, 1-4-1 Kagamiyama, Higashi-Hiroshima, Hiroshima 739-8527, Japan
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- National Defense Academy, 1-10-20 Hashirimizu, Yokosuka, Kanagawa 239-8686, Japan
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- National Maritime Research Institute, 6-38-1 Shinkawa, Mitaka, Tokyo 181-0004, Japan
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- Atomic Energy Research Institute, Kinki University, 3-4-1 Kowakae, Higashi-Osaka, Osaka 577-8502, Japan
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- Department of Life Science, Faculty of Science and Technology, Kinki University, 3-4-1 Kowakae, Higashi-Osaka, Osaka 577-8502, Japan
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Adachi S, Ryo H, Hongyo T, Nakajima H, Tsuboi-Kikuya R, Tokita Y, Matsuzuka F, Hiramatsu K, Fujikawa K, Itoh T, Nomura T. Effects of fission neutrons on human thyroid tissues maintained in SCID mice. Mutat Res 2010; 696:107-13. [PMID: 20064627 DOI: 10.1016/j.mrgentox.2009.12.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2009] [Revised: 12/08/2009] [Accepted: 12/28/2009] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Morphology and function (secretion of thyroid hormone) of human thyroid tissues from Graves' disease patients are well maintained in C57BL/6J-scid mice. Serum level of thyroid hormone was reduced by fission neutrons from the nuclear reactor UTR-KINKI, and changes in thyroid hormone by fission neutrons were bigger than those by low LET radiations, X-rays and (137)Cs gamma-rays, suggesting high relative biological effectiveness (RBE; 6.5) of fission neutrons. Microarray analyses revealed that about 3% of genes showed more than 4-fold change in gene expression in the unexposed thyroid tissues against surgically resected thyroid tissues from the same patient, probably due to the difficult oxygen and nutrient supply shortly after transplantation. Dose-dependent changes in gene expression against unexposed concurrent controls were observed with increasing doses of fission neutrons (0.2-0.6Gy) and (137)Cs gamma-rays (1.0-3.0Gy) and showed high RBE (4.2). Furthermore, there were some specific genes which showed more than 4-fold change in gene expression in all the thyroid tissues exposed to higher doses of radiation, especially neutrons (0.4 and 0.6Gy), but none at lower doses (0.2Gy of neutrons and 1.0 and 2.0Gy of gamma-rays). These genes related to degeneration, regeneration, apoptosis, and transcription, respond specifically and very sensitively to neutron injury in human thyroid tissues. This is the first experimental report that fission neutrons can induce some morphological and functional disorders in human tissues, showing high RBE against gamma-ray exposure. These results are useful to evaluate the risks of fission neutrons and cosmic rays to humans.
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- Shigeki Adachi
- Department of Radiation Biology and Medical Genetics, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka, Japan
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Endo S, Tanaka K, Fujikawa K, Horiguchi T, Itoh T, Onizuka Y, Hoshi M, Murataka A, Kojima Y, Shizuma K. Microdosimetry on a mini-reactor UTR-KINKI for educational uses and biological researches. JOURNAL OF RADIATION RESEARCH 2009; 50:83-87. [PMID: 19218783 DOI: 10.1269/jrr.08072] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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Microdosimetry study has been carried out at the education and research mini-reactor of Kinki University (UTR-KINKI) using a tissue equivalent gas proportional counter (TEPC). The microdosimetric single event spectra for 0.5, 1, 2, 3 and 5 microm site sizes were obtained in the lineal energy range from 1 to 1000 keV/microm. Neutron and gamma-ray fractional doses were estimated from the single event spectra. The neutron dose fraction was varied from 35 to 55% for 0.5 to 5 microm site size. The averaged lineal energy, y(D), for each site size was likewise estimated and found to be dependent on the site size. The averaged lineal energy for neutron was slightly larger than that of the fission neutrons from (252)Cf, and the averaged lineal energy for gamma-ray had similar site-size-dependence of 25 keV gamma-rays and 250 kV X-rays. Relative biological effectiveness was found to be 4.1 +/- 0.13 for UTR-KINKI using Tilikidis's 2 Gy-response function. The estimated RBE for UTR-KINKI neutrons is quite close to the previous biological experimental value of 4.3 +/- 0.6 for micronucleated cells in gill cell of Medaka and 4.6 +/- 0.5 for induction of lymphocyte apoptosis in the thymus of ICR mice.
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- Satoru Endo
- Quantum Energy Applications, Graduated School of Engineering, Hiroshima University, 1-4-1, Kagamiyama, Higashi-Hiroshima 739-8527, Japan.
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