Estimation of 1945 to 1957 food consumption. Hanford Environmental Dose Reconstruction Project: Draft

Technical Report · Mon Mar 01 04:00:00 EST 1993

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/10144322· OSTI ID:10144322

Anderson, D M; Bates, D J; Marsh, T L

This report details the methods used and the results of the study on the estimated historic levels of food consumption by individuals in the Hanford Environmental Dose Reconstruction (HEDR) study area from 1945--1957. This period includes the time of highest releases from Hanford and is the period for which data are being collected in the Hanford Thyroid Disease Study. These estimates provide the food-consumption inputs for the HEDR database of individual diets. This database will be an input file in the Hanford Environmental Dose Reconstruction Integrated Code (HEDRIC) computer model that will be used to calculate the radiation dose. The report focuses on fresh milk, eggs, lettuce, and spinach. These foods were chosen because they have been found to be significant contributors to radiation dose based on the Technical Steering Panel dose decision level.

• Research Organization: Pacific Northwest Lab., Richland, WA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC06-76RL01830
• OSTI ID: 10144322
• Report Number(s): PNWD--2113-HEDR-Draft; ON: DE93011017; CNN: Contract 200-92-0503(CDC); Contract 18620(BNW)
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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