Radiation Dose Reconstruction For Epidemiologic Uses

Author : Committee on an Assessment of CDC Radiation Studies,Commission on Life Sciences,Division on Earth and Life Studies,National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 151 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1995-05-30
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780309587136

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Radiation Dose Reconstruction for Epidemiologic Uses by Committee on an Assessment of CDC Radiation Studies,Commission on Life Sciences,Division on Earth and Life Studies,National Research Council Pdf

Growing public concern about releases of radiation into the environment has focused attention on the measurement of exposure of people living near nuclear weapons production facilities or in areas affected by accidental releases of radiation. Radiation-Dose Reconstruction for Epidemiologic Uses responds to the need for criteria for dose reconstruction studies, particularly if the doses are to be useful in epidemiology. This book provides specific and practical recommendations for whether, when, and how studies should be conducted, with an emphasis on public participation. Based on the expertise of scientists involved in dozens of dose reconstruction projects, this volume Provides an overview of the basic requirements and technical aspects of dose reconstruction. Presents lessons to be learned from dose reconstructions after Chernobyl, Three Mile Island, and elsewhere. Explores the potential benefits and limitations of biological markers. Discusses how to establish the "source term"--that is, to determine what was released. Explores methods for identifying the environmental pathways by which radiation reaches the body. Offers details on three major categories of dose assessment.

Author : National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Board on Radiation Effects Research,Committee to Review the Dose Reconstruction Program of the Defense Threat Reduction Agency
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 415 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2003-08-21
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780309168021

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A Review of the Dose Reconstruction Program of the Defense Threat Reduction Agency by National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Board on Radiation Effects Research,Committee to Review the Dose Reconstruction Program of the Defense Threat Reduction Agency Pdf

From 1945 through 1962, the US atmospheric nuclear weapons testing program involved hundreds of thousands of military and civilian personnel, and some of them were exposed to ionizing radiation. Veterans' groups have since been concerned that their members' health was affected by radiation exposure associated with participation in nuclear tests and have pressured Congress for disability compensation. Several pieces of legislation have been passed to compensate both military and civilian personnel for such health effects. Veterans' concerns about the accuracy of reconstructed doses prompted Congress to have the General Accounting Office (GAO) review the dose reconstruction program used to estimate exposure. The GAO study concluded that dose reconstruction is a valid method of estimating radiation dose and could be used as the basis of compensation. It also recommended an independent review of the dose reconstruction program. The result of that recommendation was a congressional mandate that the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA), a part of the Department of Defense, ask the National Research Council to conduct an independent review of the dose reconstruction program. In response to that request, the National Research Council established the Committee to Review the Dose Reconstruction Program of the Defense Threat Reduction Agency in the Board on Radiation Effects Research (BRER). The committee randomly selected sample records of doses that had been reconstructed by DTRA and carefully evaluated them. The committee's report describes its findings and provides responses to many of the questions that have been raised by the veterans.

Author : National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Commission on Life Sciences,Committee on an Assessment of CDC Radiation Studies
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 150 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1995-05-16
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780309176835

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Radiation Dose Reconstruction for Epidemiologic Uses by National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Commission on Life Sciences,Committee on an Assessment of CDC Radiation Studies Pdf

Growing public concern about releases of radiation into the environment has focused attention on the measurement of exposure of people living near nuclear weapons production facilities or in areas affected by accidental releases of radiation. Radiation-Dose Reconstruction for Epidemiologic Uses responds to the need for criteria for dose reconstruction studies, particularly if the doses are to be useful in epidemiology. This book provides specific and practical recommendations for whether, when, and how studies should be conducted, with an emphasis on public participation. Based on the expertise of scientists involved in dozens of dose reconstruction projects, this volume: Provides an overview of the basic requirements and technical aspects of dose reconstruction. Presents lessons to be learned from dose reconstructions after Chernobyl, Three Mile Island, and elsewhere. Explores the potential benefits and limitations of biological markers. Discusses how to establish the "source term"â€"that is, to determine what was released. Explores methods for identifying the environmental pathways by which radiation reaches the body. Offers details on three major categories of dose assessment.

Author : National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Board on Radiation Effects Research,Commission on Life Sciences,Committee on an Assessment of CDC Radiation Studies
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 53 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1997-02-28
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780309056779

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A Review of the Radiological Assessments Corporation's Fernald Dose Reconstruction Report by National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Board on Radiation Effects Research,Commission on Life Sciences,Committee on an Assessment of CDC Radiation Studies Pdf

Author : National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Institute of Medicine,Commission on Life Sciences,Committee on Exposure of the American People to I-131 from the Nevada Atomic Bomb Tests,Committee on Thyroid Screening Related to I-131 Exposure
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1999-06-17
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780309061759

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Exposure of the American People to Iodine-131 from Nevada Nuclear-Bomb Tests by National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Institute of Medicine,Commission on Life Sciences,Committee on Exposure of the American People to I-131 from the Nevada Atomic Bomb Tests,Committee on Thyroid Screening Related to I-131 Exposure Pdf

In 1997, after more than a decade of research, the National Cancer Institute (NCI) released a report which provided their assessment of radiation exposures that Americans may have received from radioactive iodine released from the atomic bomb tests conducted in Nevada during the 1950s and early 1960s. This book provides an evaluation of the soundness of the methodology used by the NCI study to estimate: Past radiation doses. Possible health consequences of exposure to iodine-131. Implications for clinical practice. Possible public health strategiesâ€"such as systematic screening for thyroid cancerâ€"to respond to the exposures. In addition, the book provides an evaluation of the NCI estimates of the number of thyroid cancers that might result from the nuclear testing program and provides guidance on approaches the U.S. government might use to communicate with the public about Iodine-131 exposures and health risks.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1944888063

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Deriving Organ Doses and Their Uncertainty for Epidemiologic Studies (with a Focus on the One Million U.S. Workers and Veterans Study of Low-dose Radiation Health Effects). by Anonim Pdf

Author : National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Nuclear and Radiation Studies Board,Committee on the Analysis of Cancer Risks in Populations near Nuclear Facilitiesâ¬"Phase I
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2012-06-29
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780309255714

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Analysis of Cancer Risks in Populations Near Nuclear Facilities by National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Nuclear and Radiation Studies Board,Committee on the Analysis of Cancer Risks in Populations near Nuclear Facilitiesâ¬"Phase I Pdf

In the late 1980s, the National Cancer Institute initiated an investigation of cancer risks in populations near 52 commercial nuclear power plants and 10 Department of Energy nuclear facilities (including research and nuclear weapons production facilities and one reprocessing plant) in the United States. The results of the NCI investigation were used a primary resource for communicating with the public about the cancer risks near the nuclear facilities. However, this study is now over 20 years old. The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission requested that the National Academy of Sciences provide an updated assessment of cancer risks in populations near USNRC-licensed nuclear facilities that utilize or process uranium for the production of electricity. Analysis of Cancer Risks in Populations near Nuclear Facilities: Phase 1 focuses on identifying scientifically sound approaches for carrying out an assessment of cancer risks associated with living near a nuclear facility, judgments about the strengths and weaknesses of various statistical power, ability to assess potential confounding factors, possible biases, and required effort. The results from this Phase 1 study will be used to inform the design of cancer risk assessment, which will be carried out in Phase 2. This report is beneficial for the general public, communities near nuclear facilities, stakeholders, healthcare providers, policy makers, state and local officials, community leaders, and the media.

Author : Committee to Assess Health Risks from Exposure to Low Levels of Ionizing Radiation,National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 422 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2006-03-23
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780309133340

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Health Risks from Exposure to Low Levels of Ionizing Radiation by Committee to Assess Health Risks from Exposure to Low Levels of Ionizing Radiation,National Research Council Pdf

This book is the seventh in a series of titles from the National Research Council that addresses the effects of exposure to low dose LET (Linear Energy Transfer) ionizing radiation and human health. Updating information previously presented in the 1990 publication, Health Effects of Exposure to Low Levels of Ionizing Radiation: BEIR V, this book draws upon new data in both epidemiologic and experimental research. Ionizing radiation arises from both natural and man-made sources and at very high doses can produce damaging effects in human tissue that can be evident within days after exposure. However, it is the low-dose exposures that are the focus of this book. So-called “late” effects, such as cancer, are produced many years after the initial exposure. This book is among the first of its kind to include detailed risk estimates for cancer incidence in addition to cancer mortality. BEIR VII offers a full review of the available biological, biophysical, and epidemiological literature since the last BEIR report on the subject and develops the most up-to-date and comprehensive risk estimates for cancer and other health effects from exposure to low-level ionizing radiation.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : National Council on Radiation
Page : 576 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2010-01-01
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0982384319

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Radiation Dose Reconstruction by Anonim Pdf

Author : Ncrp
Publisher : National Council of Teachers of English
Page : 591 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2014-05-14
Category : Radiation
ISBN : 1441668446

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Radiation Dose Reconstruction by Ncrp Pdf

Author : National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 576 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Radiation
ISBN : 1615836160

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Radiation Dose Reconstruction by National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : National Academies
Page : 58 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Nuclear facilities
ISBN : NAP:12686

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Dose Reconstruction for the Fernald Nuclear Facility by Anonim Pdf

Author : National Center for Environmental Health (U.S.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 92 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Environmental health
ISBN : UCBK:C047295438

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National Center for Environmental Health Information Book 1994 by National Center for Environmental Health (U.S.) Pdf

Author : Siegfried S. Hecker,Caroline F.V. Mason,Kairat K. Kadyrzhanov,Serge B. Kislitsin
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789401141161

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Nuclear Physical Methods in Radioecological Investigations of Nuclear Test Sites by Siegfried S. Hecker,Caroline F.V. Mason,Kairat K. Kadyrzhanov,Serge B. Kislitsin Pdf

It is only with the ending of the Cold War that the issue of environmental hazards at many former nuclear testing sites around the world has attracted international scientific interest. This book discusses the environmental, ecological, and health problems associated with nuclear testing. Topics treated include dose assessment, risk, speciation and transport of radionuclides, measurement and separation of radionuclides, and remedial options. The nuclear test sites examined include the Semipalatinsk Nuclear Test Site (Kazakhstan), the Nevada test Site (USA), the Pacific atolls, and the Maralinga Test Site (Australia). The volume also discusses the additional release sites of Chelyabinsk (Russia), Chernobyl (Ukraine), Palomares (Spain), Los Alamos (USA), and others. A valuable compendium of radiological problems for a wide spectrum of readers, from non-specialist to expert.

Author : Michael F. L'Annunziata
Publisher : Academic Press
Page : 1338 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2003-08-27
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0124366031

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Handbook of Radioactivity Analysis by Michael F. L'Annunziata Pdf

& Bull; Describes much practical information for radioactivity monitoring, spectrometric analysis, and radiation dosimetry & bull; Covers state-of-the-art high sample throughput microplate analysis techniques and multi-detector scintillation proximity analysis & bull; Presents the latest methods of rapid electronic radionuclide imaging & bull; Written by twenty-five experts from eight countries & bull; Over 2,000 cited works from the journal referencesP Why This Title? This updated and much expanded Second Edition is a proven authoritative handbook providing the reader with the principles, practical techniques, and procedures for the accurate measurement of radioactivity from the very low levels encountered in the environment to higher levels measured in radioisotope research, clinical laboratories, biological sciences, radionuclide standardization, nuclear medicine, nuclear power, fuel cycle facilities, and the implementation of nuclear safeguards.-