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Radionuclide Dosimetric Data Sheets

Rhenium-183

Summary data

General

Classification

Isotope:  Re-183
Atomic number (Z):  75
Mass number (A):  183
Neutron number (N):  108

Radioactive decay

Decay modes:  Electron capture
Half-life:  70.0 [d]
Decay constant:  1.1461e-07 [1/s]
Daughters:  W-183 (100.0%)
Radioactive daughters:  None

Dosimetric constants

Mean alpha energy:  0.0 [MeV]
Mean electron energy:  0.10926 [MeV]
Mean photon energy:  0.15746 [MeV]
Air kerma rate constant, Γ107.570e-18 [Gy·m2/Bq·s]
Air kerma coefficient, Kair7.570e-18 [Gy·m2/Bq·s]
Equilibrium dose constant for weakly-penetrating radiations (α and/or electrons), Δwp1.751e-14 [Gy·kg/Bq·s]
Equilibrium dose constant for alphas, Δα0.000e+00 [Gy·kg/Bq·s]
Equilibrium dose constant for betas/electrons, Δβ-,β+,e-1.751e-14 [Gy·kg/Bq·s]
Equilibrium dose constant for photons, Δp2.523e-14 [Gy·kg/Bq·s]

Dose point kernels (plot)

Dose point kernel source:  Graves, et al. Medical Physics. 2019 Nov.; 46(11):5284-5293.

Note: Bins are spaced every 0.1 mm until a radius of 10 cm, and every 1 mm until a radius of 2 m.

Download tabulated dose point kernel file here:  www.mirdsoft.org/products/MIRDspecs/Re-183 DPK.csv

Summary spectra (plot)

Spectra source:  ICRP Publication 107: Nuclear Decay Data for Dosimetric Calculations. Ann. ICRP 2008, 38 (3).

Download tabulated summary spectra file here:  www.mirdsoft.org/products/MIRDspecs/Re-183 Summary Spectrum.csv

 

Tabulated data

Summary spectra (table)

Spectra source:  ICRP Publication 107: Nuclear Decay Data for Dosimetric Calculations. Ann. ICRP 2008, 38 (3).

Note: Radiations with yield < 0.01 are excluded from the table, but are available in the linked *.csv data.

Download tabulated summary spectra file here:  www.mirdsoft.org/products/MIRDspecs/Re-183 Summary Spectrum.csv

 

Energy [MeV]

Yield [#/nt] if > 0.01

Radiation type

3.11506e-05

2.225e+01

X-ray

1.77648e-03

8.153e-02

X-ray

7.40950e-03

1.688e-02

X-ray

8.32491e-03

2.867e-02

X-ray

8.38983e-03

2.529e-01

X-ray

9.50920e-03

1.848e-02

X-ray

9.69189e-03

1.405e-01

X-ray

9.80579e-03

2.313e-02

X-ray

9.95868e-03

4.485e-02

X-ray

1.13129e-02

2.615e-02

X-ray

4.64842e-02

7.969e-02

Gamma

5.25962e-02

2.213e-02

Gamma

5.81161e-02

3.452e-01

X-ray

5.94830e-02

5.994e-01

X-ray

6.71212e-02

6.445e-02

X-ray

6.74178e-02

1.245e-01

X-ray

6.92004e-02

1.466e-02

X-ray

6.92695e-02

2.844e-02

X-ray

9.90804e-02

2.691e-02

Gamma

1.07935e-01

2.169e-02

Gamma

1.09730e-01

2.873e-02

Gamma

1.62327e-01

2.330e-01

Gamma

2.08811e-01

2.950e-02

Gamma

2.46062e-01

1.309e-02

Gamma

2.91728e-01

3.052e-02

Gamma

2.53876e-05

4.442e+00

Auger electron

4.82368e-05

1.294e-02

Auger electron

1.61262e-04

7.534e+00

Auger electron

3.18469e-04

2.666e-01

Auger electron

3.20928e-04

1.492e+00

Auger electron

6.02891e-04

5.723e-01

Auger electron

1.47054e-03

3.479e+00

Auger electron

1.65531e-03

2.227e-01

Auger electron

1.91196e-03

1.251e-02

Auger electron

6.53117e-03

1.026e+00

Auger electron

8.29200e-03

3.939e-01

Auger electron

1.00858e-02

3.775e-02

Auger electron

1.32286e-02

1.574e-02

Conversion electron

1.50243e-02

6.292e-02

Conversion electron

2.93914e-02

2.385e-02

Conversion electron

3.44072e-02

4.400e-01

Conversion electron

3.49112e-02

6.386e-02

Conversion electron

3.62782e-02

3.014e-02

Conversion electron

3.82457e-02

6.681e-02

Conversion electron

4.00414e-02

8.902e-02

Conversion electron

4.05192e-02

8.426e-02

Conversion electron

4.10232e-02

1.596e-02

Conversion electron

4.42130e-02

1.235e-01

Conversion electron

4.64842e-02

3.618e-02

Conversion electron

4.71853e-02

3.622e-02

Auger electron

5.03250e-02

2.556e-02

Conversion electron

5.63739e-02

1.899e-02

Auger electron

8.75074e-02

3.314e-02

Conversion electron

8.88744e-02

2.986e-02

Conversion electron

9.26376e-02

2.159e-01

Conversion electron

9.68092e-02

1.668e-02

Conversion electron

9.76534e-02

1.283e-02

Conversion electron

1.39122e-01

1.297e-02

Conversion electron

1.50250e-01

3.085e-02

Conversion electron

 

Useful Links

Isotope decay characteristics are periodically updated as better measurements can be made - changes that may not be reflected on this page. Please see useful links:

National Nuclear Data Center (NNDC):  https://www.nndc.bnl.gov/nudat3/mird/

International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Livechart:  https://www-nds.iaea.org/relnsd/vcharthtml/VChartHTML.html

Reference Links

ICRP Report 107: https://www.icrp.org/publication.asp?id=ICRP%20Publication%20107

Graves et al. Dose Point Kernels: https://doi.org/10.1002/mp.13789

MIRD Decay Schemes 2nd Edition: https://sites.snmmi.org/SNMMI-MAIN/iCore/Store/StoreLayouts/Item_Detail.aspx?iProductCode=0-932004-80-6

 

 

 

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