RAIER

Project objectives and goals

Rapid assessment of internal exposure risks.

The primary goal of the project is to develop tools for the rapid assessment of absorbed doses from internal exposures. Pianoforte goal of the development of techniques and methods to go beyond effective dose in case of internal exposures following a nuclear or radiological emergency will be followed. The project includes creating methodologies for the automatic identification of radionuclides using a robotic system equipped with various detectors tailored to different exposure scenarios, including wounds. Pixel silicon detectors and Cd Te detectors will be evaluated for their ability to differentiate between radiation types. The following subtasks should provide the solution of the project:

Exploration of the most suitable use of new detectors in the in vivo counting based on their theoretical properties or propose non-traditional use of standard devices in internal contamination laboratory,

•     Proposal of the use of detectors with robotics device to save the physical labour of dosimetrist,
•     Exploration of the use of current computational phantoms of an adult and child in evaluation of the risk of severe health effects,
•     Propose expansion of developed methods to mass scale use and evaluation of the health risk among large population affected.

Capacity exercises will be conducted, and appropriate protective actions, such as medical treatment or long-term follow-up, will be recommended, taking into account medical, legal, social, economic, and psychological factors.

Name of the PhD student

Zuzana Petrmichlová

PIANOFORTE partner leading the PhD project

National Radiation Protection Institute, Prague, Czech Republic

University where the PhD thesis will be defended

Czech Technical University in Prague, Faculty of Nuclear Sciences and Physical Engineering, Prague, CZ