Low Level Internal Dose Screen - CONUS (Continental United States) Tests. Nuclear Test Personnel Review

Abstract

A methodology is developed whereby DoD participants in the atmospheric nuclear tests program are screened to determined they received an internal radiation dose commitment less than a selected threshold. The methodology is based on the external gamma dose that the participant received from the source that concurrently provided the radioactive material to be inhaled. Algorithms are developed to relate the internal dose commitment to external dose parameters. The methodology is used to identify those participants by unit project number who received a 50-year bone dose commitment of less than 150 millirem. Most participants in the continental testing received less than this screen threshold.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 22, 1986
Accession Number
ADA182563

Entities

People

  • J. Goetz
  • J. Klemm
  • J. Phillips
  • M. Barrett
  • W. Mcraney

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Actinides
  • Air Force
  • Aircrafts
  • Composite Materials
  • Department Of Defense
  • Fission Products
  • Forward Areas
  • Gamma Rays
  • Materials
  • Measurement
  • Nuclear Clouds
  • Nuclear Energy
  • Nuclear Fallout
  • Particles
  • Photographic Dosimeters
  • Radioactive Materials
  • Radioactivity

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Nuclear and Radiation Engineering.
  • Organizational Psychology.