Summary of Building Protection Factor Studies for External Exposure to Ionizing Radiation

Technical Report · Tue Feb 16 23:00:00 EST 2016

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1256433· OSTI ID:1256433

Dillon, Michael B. ^[1]; Kane, Jave ^[1]; Nasstrom, John ^[1]; Homann, Steve ^[1]; Pobanz, Brenda ^[1]

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1. Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)

Radiation dose assessments are used to help inform decisions to minimize health risks in the event of an atmospheric release of radioactivity including, for example, from a Radiological Dispersal Device, an Improvised Nuclear Device detonation, or a Nuclear Power Plant accident. During these incidents, radiation dose assessments for both indoor and outdoor populations are needed to make informed decisions. These dose assessments inform emergency plans and decisions including, for example, identifying areas in which people should be sheltered and determining when controlled population evacuations should be made. US dose assessment methodologies allow consideration of the protection, and therefore dose reduction, that buildings provide their occupants. However, these methodologies require an understanding of the protection provided by various building types that is currently lacking. To help address this need, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, in cooperation with Sandia National Laboratories and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, was tasked with (a) identifying prior building protection studies, (b) extracting results relevant to US building construction, and (c) summarizing building protection by building type. This report focuses primarily on the protection against radiation from outdoor fallout particles (external gamma radiation).

• Research Organization: Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: AC52-07NA27344
• OSTI ID: 1256433
• Report Number(s): LLNL-TR--684121
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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21 SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS
45 MILITARY TECHNOLOGY, WEAPONRY, AND NATIONAL DEFENSE
61 RADIATION PROTECTION AND DOSIMETRY
ATMOSPHERIC EXPLOSIONS
BUILDINGS
EMERGENCY PLANS
EXTERNAL IRRADIATION
FALLOUT
FALLOUT SHELTERS
GAMMA RADIATION
HUMAN POPULATIONS
NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS
NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS
OCCUPANTS
RADIATION ACCIDENTS
RADIATION DOSES
RADIATION PROTECTION
RADIOACTIVITY
RADIOLOGICAL DISPERSAL DEVICES
SHIELDING