Assessment of the dose commitment from ingestion of aquatic foods contaminated by emissions from a proposed nuclear fuel reprocessing plant

Technical Report · Fri Aug 04 00:00:00 EDT 1978

OSTI ID:5519949

Ng, Y C; Phillips, W A; Ricker, Y E; Tandy, R K; Thompson, S E

The dose commitment to individuals and the regional population from ingesting aquatic foods contaminated by radionuclides emitted from proposed nuclear fuel reprocessing at the Savannah River Plant was estimated. The estimates are based on source emission data and deposition patterns provided by the project coordinator and on the Hanford Engineering Development Laboratory's predictions of radionuclide concentrations in surface waters of the southeast hydrologic study region. The 50-y dose commitment to an individual is very low, ranging from about 1 ..mu..rem to the kidneys to 26 ..mu..rem to bone. The 50-y dose commitment to the regional and total populations ranges from about 1 person-rem to the kidneys to 55 person-rem to bone. Freshwater fish and marine shellfish contribute 99.8% or more to the total dose commitment. Marine fish contribute less than 0.2%. For the source term under consideration, the major portion of the dose commitments is attributable to Sr and Cs.

• Research Organization: Lawrence Livermore National Lab., CA (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-48
• OSTI ID: 5519949
• Report Number(s): UCID-17882
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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AQUATIC ORGANISMS
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DOSE COMMITMENTS
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RADIONUCLIDE MIGRATION
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