Hanford External Dosimetry Technical Basis Manual PNL-MA-842

Abstract

The Hanford External Dosimetry Program (HEDP) provides support to the U.S. Department of Energy's Richland Operations Office (RL), Office of River Protection (ORP), Pacific Northwest Site Office (PNSO), and DOE contractor radiation protection organizations in determining doses-of-record from external sources of radiation. The Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) (a) administers the HEDP in coordination with Hanford contractor radiation protection organizations to ensure consistent site-wide implementation of external dosimetry practices for Hanford workers and visitors. Coordination of dosimetry practices at Hanford is accomplished through the Hanford Personnel Dosimetry Advisory Committee (HPDAC). Technical services provided by the HEDP include personnel, area, nuclear accident, and environmental dosimetry capabilities that comply with DOE requirements in 10 CFR 835 Occupational Radiation Protection (DOE 2007a), DOE/EH

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“…The latter is an extensive set of anatomical and physiological reference values. Information on health effects, both deterministic and stochastic, of ionizing radiation have been summarized from various sources (Evans et al, 1983;ICRP, 1990ICRP, , 2005ICRP, , 2007EPA 1994EPA , 2011BEIR, 2006;IAEA, 1998IAEA, , 2005Scott, 2004;NCRP 2008NCRP , 2009Rathbone, 2007;Gusev et al, 2001).…”