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Appendix F
Internal DoseEstimates fromNTS Fallout
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Radiation Dose to the Population of the Continental UnitedStates from the Ingestion of Food Contaminated withRadionuclides from Nuclear Tests at the Nevada Test Site
Final Report
Lynn R. AnspaughLynn R. Anspaugh, ConsultingSalt Lake City, UTReport to the National Cancer InstitutePurchase Order No. 263-MQ-912901February 4, 2000(Revised May 30, 2000)
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TABLE OF CONTENTSPage F-
Part I. Estimates of Dose.................................................................................................................................4Abstract......................................................................................................................................................5Introduction...............................................................................................................................................6Methods.....................................................................................................................................................7 Nuclear events of interest...................................................................................................................7General system of dose calculation....................................................................................................7Radionuclides of interest..................................................................................................................10Estimates of deposition per unit area (deposition density)...............................................................11Age groups to be considered............................................................................................................12Estimates of integrated intake..........................................................................................................12Dose coefficients..............................................................................................................................23Organs of interest.............................................................................................................................24Periods of summation.......................................................................................................................26Collective dose.................................................................................................................................26Results and Discussion............................................................................................................................27Effective dose commitments for individuals....................................................................................28Collective dose commitments..........................................................................................................37Collective effective dose by year of testing..............................................................................38Collective effective dose by event............................................................................................39Collective effective dose by radionuclide.................................................................................40Collective effective dose by organ............................................................................................40Comparison to dose estimates from global fallout...........................................................................43Dose from inhalation........................................................................................................................45Comparison of results with those from NCI (1997).........................................................................46Conclusions......................................................................................................................................47References........................................................................................................................................48Part II. Reference and Subsidiary Information..............................................................................................51List of Documents...................................................................................................................................52Trinity event.....................................................................................................................................52 Nuclear explosions at the Nevada Test Site.....................................................................................52Congressional Hearings....................................................................................................................53Reports of organized Off-Site monitoring activities........................................................................53Reports from the Off-Site Radiation Exposure Review Project.......................................................61University of Utah studies................................................................................................................65 National Cancer Institute studies......................................................................................................66Other studies containing calculations of internal dose resulting from NTS tests............................67Other pertinent publications.............................................................................................................67Classified Reports....................................................................................................................................68High-Risk Populations.............................................................................................................................68
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