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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.
Rainer P. Conrad, Cesare Merlini, Alfred-W. Mehner
Nuclear Technology | Volume 61 | Number 3 | June 1983 | Pages 403-415
Technical Paper | New Directions in Nuclear Energy with Emphasis on Fuel Cycles / Nuclear Fuel | doi.org/10.13182/NT83-A33163
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Advanced coated fuel particles doped with fission product and oxygen getters were screened for their mechanical irradiation performance compared to undoped reference-coated fuel particles of the highand low-enriched uranium cycle and the thorium/ high-enriched uranium cycle. The in-pile test was conducted under nominal and extreme operating conditions of current high-temperature gas-cooled reactor requirements. Doped coated fuel particles do not perform significantly better than reference particle systems; although, some advanced kernel varieties showed promising results.