Health risks associated with low doses of radiation. Final report

Technical Report · Mon Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 1994

OSTI ID:10185848

Behling, H; Behling, K ^[1]; Whipple, C ^[2]

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1. Cohen (S.) and Associates, Inc., McLean, VA (United States)
2. ICF Kaiser Engineers, Inc., Oakland, CA (United States)

With its review of possible human health effects from exposure to low doses of ionization radiation, this report offers an important reference source for nuclear utility workers. An overview of general knowledge in this area defines how ionizing radiation can cause biological damage and the basic units in which radiation exposure is expressed. Included is a summary of radiation protection standards as well as estimates of annual and life-time exposures among the nuclear utility workforce. A key area of the report is its explanation of epidemiologic studies that form the basis for the current understanding of radiation health effects, following by a description of various risk models. In its discussion of the most important radiation health studies undertaken to date, the report includes those that form the foundation of current risk estimates as well as ones that have yielded inconclusive, sometimes controversial data. Finally, the report describes the basic scientific method for estimating health risks from low-dose, low-dose-rate exposures. Overall, this report will help utility personnel evaluate the potential health risks associated with exposure to low-level ionizing radiation and place these risks in perspective.

• Research Organization: Electric Power Research Inst., Palo Alto, CA (United States); Cohen (S.) and Associates, Inc., McLean, VA (United States); ICF Kaiser Engineers, Inc., Oakland, CA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: Electric Power Research Inst., Palo Alto, CA (United States)
• OSTI ID: 10185848
• Report Number(s): EPRI-TR-104070; ON: UN95000637; TRN: 94:019104
• Resource Relation: Other Information: PBD: Aug 1994
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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