CRRIS: a computerized radiological risk-investigation system

Title: CRRIS: a computerized radiological risk-investigation system

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The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is responsible for regulating radioactive airborne effluents in the US. A comprehensive, integrated Computerized Radiological Risk Investigation System (CRRIS) is being developed to support EPA's radiation standards development. This modular system consists primarily of five computer codes and their supporting data bases for estimating environmental transport and radiation doses and risks. Health effects are estimated on the basis of a life-table methodology developed by EPA. CRRIS is designed to provide EPA with a reasonable and flexible way of assessing the risk to man associated with radionuclide releases to the atmosphere.

Authors:: Baes, III, C F; Miller, C W

Publication Date:: 1981-01-01

Research Org.:: Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (USA)

OSTI Identifier:: 6254131

Report Number(s):: CONF-810905-10
ON: DE82000136; TRN: 81-017442

DOE Contract Number:: W-7405-ENG-26

Resource Type:: Conference

Resource Relation:: Conference: ANS/ENS topical meeting on probabilistic risk assessment, Post Chester, NY, USA, 20 Sep 1981

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 63 RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRON. POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGS. AND BIOL. MAT.; 61 RADIATION PROTECTION AND DOSIMETRY; 54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; HUMAN POPULATIONS; RADIATION HAZARDS; DATA BASE MANAGEMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; COMPUTER CODES; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSPORT; RADIATION PROTECTION LAWS; RADIOACTIVE EFFLUENTS; RADIOISOTOPES; US EPA; HAZARDS; HEALTH HAZARDS; ISOTOPES; LAWS; MANAGEMENT; MASS TRANSFER; MATERIALS; NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS; POPULATIONS; RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; US ORGANIZATIONS; WASTES; 560171* - Radiation Effects- Nuclide Kinetics & Toxicology- Man- (-1987); 655001 - Medical Physics- Radiation Protection Standards; 500300 - Environment, Atmospheric- Radioactive Materials Monitoring & Transport- (-1989); 500600 - Environment, Atmospheric- Regulations- (-1989)

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