Technical basis for dose reconstruction
- Lawrence Livermore National Lab., CA (United States)
The purpose of this paper is to consider two general topics: Technical considerations of why dose-reconstruction studies should or should not be performed and methods of dose reconstruction. The first topic is of general and growing interest as the number of dose-reconstruction studies increases, and one asks the question whether it is necessary to perform a dose reconstruction for virtually every site at which, for example, the Department of Energy (DOE) has operated a nuclear-related facility. And there is the broader question of how one might logically draw the line at performing or not performing dose-reconstruction (radiological and chemical) studies for virtually every industrial complex in the entire country. The second question is also of general interest. There is no single correct way to perform a dose-reconstruction study, and it is important not to follow blindly a single method to the point that cheaper, faster, more accurate, and more transparent methods might not be developed and applied. 90 refs., 4 tabs.
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-7405-ENG-48
- OSTI ID:
- 518621
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-950408-; TRN: 97:014655
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 31. annual meeting of the National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements (NCRP), Arlington, VA (United States), 12-13 Apr 1995; Other Information: PBD: 1996; Related Information: Is Part Of Environmental dose reconstruction and risk implications; Till, J.E. [ed.]; PB: 377 p.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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