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Title: Worker radiation doses in the United States at the dawn of the atomic era (1940--1960)

Abstract

Radiation doses to workers at the Manhattan Engineer District (MED) and US Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) sites due to external irradiation during 1940--1960 are reviewed. Categorized radiation dose data were available from AEC annual reports for some years. Annual individual radiation dose data for ten MED/AEC sites for all years were available from the US Department of Energy`s (DOE) Comprehensive Epidemiologic Data Resource (CEDR). These data are combined to produce an estimate of external collective dose equivalent to 172,000 person-rems (1720 person-Sv) for 1940--1960. During this period there were 41 overexposures, 19 criticality incidents, and 3 deaths due to acute radiation syndrome among several hundred thousand workers.

Authors:
; ;  [1];  [2]
  1. Pacific Northwest Lab., Richland, WA (United States)
  2. Westinghouse Hanford Co., Richland, WA (United States)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Pacific Northwest Lab., Richland, WA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
OSTI Identifier:
10177724
Report Number(s):
PNL-SA-24760; CONF-9406210-5
ON: DE94017801; TRN: 94:020111
DOE Contract Number:
AC06-76RL01830
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Resource Relation:
Conference: Health Physics Society annual meeting,San Francisco, CA (United States),27-30 Jun 1994; Other Information: PBD: Jun 1994
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
61 RADIATION PROTECTION AND DOSIMETRY; 63 RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRON. POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGS. AND BIOL. MAT.; USA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; HISTORICAL ASPECTS; RADIATION DOSES; DOSE EQUIVALENTS; COMPILED DATA; RADIATION PROTECTION; US AEC; CRITICALITY; RADIATION ACCIDENTS; 560101; 560160; DOSIMETRY AND MONITORING; RADIONUCLIDE EFFECTS, KINETICS, AND TOXICOLOGY

Citation Formats

Strom, D.J., Smith, M.H., Swinth, K.L., and Pettengill, H.J. Worker radiation doses in the United States at the dawn of the atomic era (1940--1960). United States: N. p., 1994. Web. doi:10.2172/10177724.
Strom, D.J., Smith, M.H., Swinth, K.L., & Pettengill, H.J. Worker radiation doses in the United States at the dawn of the atomic era (1940--1960). United States. doi:10.2172/10177724.
Strom, D.J., Smith, M.H., Swinth, K.L., and Pettengill, H.J. Wed . "Worker radiation doses in the United States at the dawn of the atomic era (1940--1960)". United States. doi:10.2172/10177724. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/10177724.
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title = {Worker radiation doses in the United States at the dawn of the atomic era (1940--1960)},
author = {Strom, D.J. and Smith, M.H. and Swinth, K.L. and Pettengill, H.J.},
abstractNote = {Radiation doses to workers at the Manhattan Engineer District (MED) and US Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) sites due to external irradiation during 1940--1960 are reviewed. Categorized radiation dose data were available from AEC annual reports for some years. Annual individual radiation dose data for ten MED/AEC sites for all years were available from the US Department of Energy`s (DOE) Comprehensive Epidemiologic Data Resource (CEDR). These data are combined to produce an estimate of external collective dose equivalent to 172,000 person-rems (1720 person-Sv) for 1940--1960. During this period there were 41 overexposures, 19 criticality incidents, and 3 deaths due to acute radiation syndrome among several hundred thousand workers.},
doi = {10.2172/10177724},
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place = {United States},
year = {Wed Jun 01 00:00:00 EDT 1994},
month = {Wed Jun 01 00:00:00 EDT 1994}
}

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