RAIS Slope Factors for Radionuclides

Noto, Katie; Manning, Karessa; Dolislager, Fred; Stewart, Debra

doi:10.11578/RAIS_RAD_SLOPES_12_16_2024/2481726

Title: RAIS Slope Factors for Radionuclides

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For a given radionuclide, Slope Factors (SFs) represent the ELCR equivalent per unit intake (i.e., ingestion or inhalation) or external exposure of that radionuclide. These SFs are used to convert a radionuclide concentration in soil, air, water, or foodstuffs to a radiation ELCR. The primary use of SFs, also called risk coefficients, is to compute the ELCR resulting from site-related exposures. This is accomplished by multiplying the route-specific SF by the CDI of each radionuclide of potential concern for each route of exposure. Ingestion and inhalation slope factors are central estimates in a linear model of the age-averaged, lifetime attributable radiation cancer incidence (fatal and nonfatal cancer) risk per unit of activity inhaled or ingested, expressed as risk/picocurie (pCi). External exposure SFs are central estimates of lifetime attributable radiation cancer incidence risk for each year of exposure to external radiation from photon-emitting radionuclides distributed uniformly in a thick layer of soil, expressed as risk/year per pCi/gram soil. External exposure SF units can also be risk/year per pCi/square centimeters (cm2) of soil. When combined with site-specific media concentration data and appropriate exposure assumptions, SFs can be used to estimate lifetime cancer risks to members of the general population due to radionuclidemore »« less

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Noto, Katie; Manning, Karessa; Dolislager, Fred; Stewart, Debra

Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States); Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

Publication Date:: Sun Dec 01 04:00:00 UTC 2024

Other Number(s):: Runtime: 2024-12-16 13:12:16

Research Org.:: ORNLERASE (Oak Ridge National Laboratory Environmental Risk Assessment System Enterprise (ORNLERASE))

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE Office of Environmental Management (EM)

OSTI Identifier:: 2481726

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.11578/RAIS_RAD_SLOPES_12_16_2024/2481726

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                    Noto, Katie, Manning, Karessa, Dolislager, Fred, and Stewart, Debra. RAIS Slope Factors for Radionuclides.  United States: N. p., 2024. 
        Web.  doi:10.11578/RAIS_RAD_SLOPES_12_16_2024/2481726.

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                    Noto, Katie, Manning, Karessa, Dolislager, Fred, & Stewart, Debra. RAIS Slope Factors for Radionuclides.  United States.  doi:https://doi.org/10.11578/RAIS_RAD_SLOPES_12_16_2024/2481726

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                    Noto, Katie, Manning, Karessa, Dolislager, Fred, and Stewart, Debra. 2024.  
"RAIS Slope Factors for Radionuclides".  United States.  doi:https://doi.org/10.11578/RAIS_RAD_SLOPES_12_16_2024/2481726.  https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/2481726. Pub date:Sun Dec 01 04:00:00 UTC 2024

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  title        = {RAIS Slope Factors for Radionuclides},

  author       = {Noto, Katie and Manning, Karessa and Dolislager, Fred and Stewart, Debra},

  abstractNote = {For a given radionuclide, Slope Factors (SFs) represent the ELCR equivalent per unit intake (i.e., ingestion or inhalation) or external exposure of that radionuclide. These SFs are used to convert a radionuclide concentration in soil, air, water, or foodstuffs to a radiation ELCR. The primary use of SFs, also called risk coefficients, is to compute the ELCR resulting from site-related exposures. This is accomplished by multiplying the route-specific SF by the CDI of each radionuclide of potential concern for each route of exposure. Ingestion and inhalation slope factors are central estimates in a linear model of the age-averaged, lifetime attributable radiation cancer incidence (fatal and nonfatal cancer) risk per unit of activity inhaled or ingested, expressed as risk/picocurie (pCi). External exposure SFs are central estimates of lifetime attributable radiation cancer incidence risk for each year of exposure to external radiation from photon-emitting radionuclides distributed uniformly in a thick layer of soil, expressed as risk/year per pCi/gram soil. External exposure SF units can also be risk/year per pCi/square centimeters (cm2) of soil. When combined with site-specific media concentration data and appropriate exposure assumptions, SFs can be used to estimate lifetime cancer risks to members of the general population due to radionuclide exposures. The SFs presented on are updated values from Federal Guidance Report (FGR) 13 supplement using the International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP) 107 decay data. The derivation and values are found in “Calculations of Slope Factors and Dose Coefficients” (ORNL, 2014).},

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  year         = {Sun Dec 01 04:00:00 UTC 2024},

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