著者

山口 彦之 吉田 芳和 田野 茂光 備後 一義 片桐 浩

出版者

日本保健物理学会

雑誌

保健物理 (ISSN:03676110)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.20, no.4, pp.349-356, 1985 (Released:2010-02-25)

参考文献数

23

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Tradescantia (clone KU-7) were grown at three points near a site of nuclear power plants and somatic mutation frequencies in Tradescantia stamen hairs were investigated for three years. The two points are located in the prevailing down-wind sector of the site. Mutational events in stamen hair cells were scored every day from the end of April to October for three years. In parallel with this observation, factors which have been thought to affect mutation induction, such as temperature, humidity, insolation, pollutants, radioactivity in the buds were measured at the three points. The daily exposure and radioactive concentration at three points due to the amount of the radioactive nuclide released from the nuclear power plant were calculated.Mutation frequencies fluctuated daily, but they were estimated rather constant on average at three sites. Increase of radioactivities in the buds or other plant tissues was not detected during this experiment. The daily exposure and radioactive concentration were very low, for example, the ratio of the maximum daily exposure to the doubling dose was less than 1×10-7.It has been definitely shown by this field experiment that radionuclide released from the nuclear power plants can not induce significant mutation of Tradescantia.It was concluded that Tradescantia stamen hair system was not appropriate to monitor the environmental radiation from the power reactor.

著者

山口 彦之 吉田 芳和 田野 茂光 備後 一義 片桐 浩

出版者

日本保健物理学会

雑誌

保健物理 (ISSN:03676110)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.20, no.4, pp.349-356, 1985

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<i>Tradescantia</i> (clone KU-7) were grown at three points near a site of nuclear power plants and somatic mutation frequencies in <i>Tradescantia</i> stamen hairs were investigated for three years. The two points are located in the prevailing down-wind sector of the site. Mutational events in stamen hair cells were scored every day from the end of April to October for three years. In parallel with this observation, factors which have been thought to affect mutation induction, such as temperature, humidity, insolation, pollutants, radioactivity in the buds were measured at the three points. The daily exposure and radioactive concentration at three points due to the amount of the radioactive nuclide released from the nuclear power plant were calculated.<br>Mutation frequencies fluctuated daily, but they were estimated rather constant on average at three sites. Increase of radioactivities in the buds or other plant tissues was not detected during this experiment. The daily exposure and radioactive concentration were very low, for example, the ratio of the maximum daily exposure to the doubling dose was less than 1&times;10^-7.<br>It has been definitely shown by this field experiment that radionuclide released from the nuclear power plants can not induce significant mutation of <i>Tradescantia</i>.<br>It was concluded that <i>Tradescantia</i> stamen hair system was not appropriate to monitor the environmental radiation from the power reactor.

著者

井上 義教 備後 一義 藤田 稔

出版者

日本保健物理学会

雑誌

保健物理 (ISSN:03676110)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.10, no.2, pp.73-77, 1975 (Released:2010-02-25)

参考文献数

19

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For the purpose of utilizing radiation-induced chromosome aberrations in human peripheral blood lymphocytes as a means of dose evaluation in a criticality accident, a study was made of the relationship between fission neutron+gamma dose and the chromosome aberrations. Human peripheral blood lymphocytes were exposed in vitro to fission neutrons+gamma rays at Japan Research Reactor No. 4 for 5, 10, 20, 30, or 40min at 200kW. The cells were observed at their first mitotic division stage in culture.The frequency of the chromosome aberrations per cell, Y, was expressed as a power function of exposure time in minutes, t, as follows: Y=0.0018t1.12.On the assumption that there was no mutual interaction between chromosome aberrations induced by the neutrons and those by gamma rays and that there was similarity of the effects of the gamma rays produced in fissions and those of Co-60 gamma ays, estimation was made of contribution of the gamma rays to total yields. However, there was a contradiction that the contribution of gamma rays exceeded the total yield.