a Department of Nuclear Engineering, Kobe University of Mercantile Marine, 5-1-1 Fukae-Minami-machi, Higashinada-ku, Kobe 658-0022, Japan
b Radioisotope Research Center, Osaka University, 2-4 Yamada-Oka, Suita 565-0871, Japan
Abstract:
Whether the electro-magnetic (EM) fields are carcinogenic or not still remains to be discussed from scientific point of view. Recently a possibility was pointed out that increased deposition of radon progeny in the EM-fields should enhance exposure dose to internal body. We investigated the behavior of charged 222Ru progeny and aerosols containing them by measuring the pattern and the magnitude of the deposition rate of decay products on both CR-39 track detectors and imaging plates under various conditions. We concluded that the attachment to wire cables should be increased mainly by electric component of low frequency EM-fields and possibly by electric field induced by strong changing magnetic ones.