Dose-Estimation Studies Related to Proposed Construction of an Atlantic-- Pacific Interoceanic Canal With Nuclear Explosives: Phase Iii.

Abstract

Indigenous to Route 17 2.5 Variations in Organ Mass as a Function of Age 2.6 Variations in Effective Absorbed Energy as a Function of Age 89 1*1-2.7 Variations in the Fraction of Ingested ^Sr and 'L Reaching the Reference Organs as a Function of Age Jk 4.1 Partition of Potential External Gamm:; Dose Between 0-3 Years and 3-70 Years after First Detonation 4.2 Summation of Dose Estimates for Modec of Exposure Considered, Watershed 5> Route 17. Exposure starting 2.652 years after first detonation (30 days after last detonation) 4.3 Summation of Dose Estimates for Modes of Exposure Considered, Watershed 5> Route 17. Exposure starting 5 years after first detonation 4.4 Summation of Dose Estimates for Modes of Exposure Considered, Watershed 5> Route 17. Exposure starting 30 years after first detonation 67 viii IZST OF TABI£S, continued Page k.5 Summation of Dose Estimates for Modes of Exposure Considered, Watershed 2, Route 25. Exposure starting 1.570 years after first detonation (30 days after last detonation) 70 k.6 Summation of Dose Estimates for Modes of Exposure Considered, Watershed 2, Route 25. Exposure starting 5 years after first detonation 71 k.J Summation of Dose Estimates for Modes of Exposure Considered, Watershed 2, Route 25. Exposure starting 30 years after first detonation 5.1 Assessments of Estimated Average Annual Doses to Critical Population Groups for Various Assumed Times of Reentry to Watershed 5, Route 17 85 5.2 Assessments of Estimated Genetically Significant Doses to Critical Population Groups for Various Assumed Times of Reentry to Watershed 5, Route 17 87 5.3 Assessments of Estimated Average Annual Doses to Critical Population Groups for Various Assumed Times of Reentry to Watershed 2, Route 25 5.*f Assessments of Estimated Genetically Significant Doses to Critical Population Groups for Various Assumed Times of Reentry to Watershed 2, Route 25 ix LIST OF FIGUR3S Page 1 Map of Panama Illustrating the Route 17 Alignment, Watersheds (numbered through 7), and Locations of Towns and Villages for Estimates of External Dose 15 2 Map of Colombia Illustrating the Route 25 Alignment and Watersheds (numbered 1 through 5) ^ Evaluation of Potential Daily External Beta Dose to Human Skin 6l Total Estimated Dose to the Total Bcdy for Reentry Times up to 50 Years after the First Detonation, Watershed 5, Route 17 68 Total Estimated Dose to the Total Body for Reentry Times iip to 50 Years after the First Detonation, Watershed 2, Route 25 , 7k k Graph of Conservatism Factors for Correcting External Dose Estimates that Utilize Radioactive Decay as the Only Process to Reduce the Radiation Field 7^ jai^«i3»^v^«»S*^v»a»*g=S5^

Ecological Considerations in Reactor Power Plant Siting.

“…This application of systems analysis attempted to predict concentrations of radioactivity in foods and beverages that might be consumed by man after reentry to a contaminated exclusion zone. Doses were estimated as a function of age and population group and compared to radiation standards of recognized authorities[42].…”