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Title: Site-Specific Reference Person Parameters and Derived Concentration Standards for the Savannah River Site

Journal Article · · Health Physics
 [1];  [2];  [3]
  1. Oregon State Univ., Corvallis, OR (United States). Dept. of Nuclear Engineering and Health Physics; Savannah River Site (SRS), Aiken, SC (United States). Savannah River National Lab. (SRNL)
  2. Oregon State Univ., Corvallis, OR (United States). Dept. of Nuclear Engineering and Health Physics
  3. Savannah River Site (SRS), Aiken, SC (United States). Savannah River National Lab. (SRNL)

The U.S. Department of Energy Order 458.1 states that the compliance with the 1 mSv annual dose constraint to a member of the public may be demonstrated by calculating dose to the maximally exposed individual (MEI) or to a representative person. Historically, the MEI concept was used for dose compliance at the Savannah River Site (SRS) using adult dose coefficients and adult male usage parameters. For future compliance, SRS plans to use the representative person concept for dose estimates to members of the public. The representative person dose will be based on the reference person dose coefficients from the U.S. DOE Derived Concentration Technical Standard and on usage parameters specific to SRS for the reference and typical person. Usage parameters and dose coefficients were determined for inhalation, ingestion and external exposure pathways. The parameters for the representative person were used to calculate and tabulate SRS-specific derived concentration standards (DCSs) for the pathways not included in DOE-STD-1196-2011.

Research Organization:
Savannah River Site (SRS), Aiken, SC (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Environmental Management (EM)
Grant/Contract Number:
AC09-08SR22470
OSTI ID:
1169580
Report Number(s):
SRNL/STI-2013-00726; TRN: US1500477
Journal Information:
Health Physics, Vol. 106, Issue 5; ISSN 0017-9078
Publisher:
Health Physics SocietyCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
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