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The U.S. Million Person Study of Low-Dose-Rate Health Effects
There is a critical knowledge gap regarding the health consequences of exposure to radiation received gradually over time. While there is a plethora of studies on the risks of adverse outcomes from both acute and high-dose exposures, including the landmark study of atomic bomb survivors, these are not characteristic of the chronic exposure to low-dose radiation encountered in occupational and public settings. In addition, smaller cohorts have limited numbers leading to reduced statistical power.
Fulvio Frisone
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 39 | Number 2 | March 2001 | Pages 260-265
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/FST01-A167
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
The aim of this research was to analyze the reaction of deuteron fusion, catalyzed by the plasmons in lattices with a cubic structure, to varying the temperature. The probability of fusion in pure and impure palladium metal is calculated using a hypothesis that suggests a kind of chain reaction within the crystalline lattice. As a consequence of the enhanced tunneling effect due to increasing the temperature and the concentration of impurities, this chain reaction would be favored by microcracks formed in the structure as a result of lattice deformation. This paper interprets the results obtained, considering the trend of the potential that describes the effective interaction between deuterons within the metal. In effect, the coupling of plasmons and deuterons, in the presence of impurities, can not only reduce the thickness but also lower the height of the Coulomb barrier K.