Population dose commitments due to radioactive releases from nuclear power plant sites in 1980

Technical Report · Mon Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 1983

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/5621374· OSTI ID:5621374

Baker, D A; Peloquin, R A

Population radiation dose commitments have been estimated from reported radionuclide releases from commercial power reactors operating during 1980. In addition doses derived from the shutdown reactors at the Three Mile Island site were included. Fifty-year dose commitments from a one-year exposure were calculated from both liquid and atmospheric releases for four population groups (infant, child, teen-ager and adult) residing between 2 and 80 km from each site. This report tabulates the results of these calculations, showing the dose commitments for both liquid and airborne pathways for each age group and organ. Also included for each site is a histogram showing the fraction of the total population within 2 to 80 km around each site receiving various average dose commitments from the airborne pathways. The total dose commitment from both liquid and airborne pathways ranged from a high of 40 person-rem to a low of 0.02 person-rem with an arithmetic mean of 4 person-rem. The total population dose for all sites was estimated at 180 person-rem for the 96 million people considered at risk.

• Research Organization: Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC06-76RL01830
• OSTI ID: 5621374
• Report Number(s): NUREG/CR-2850-Vol.2; PNL-4221-Vol.2; ON: DE83017609
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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