The Hanford Environmental Dose Reconstruction Project : a review of four documents / Committee on an Assessment of CDC Radiation Studies, Board on Radiation Effects Research, Commission on Life Sciences, National Research Council
I. Introduction -- II. Hanford site history -- III. The four HEDR documents -- IV. Objectives and goals of HEDR. A. Iodine-131 source term analysis -- B. Modeling Environmental pathways. 1. Air pathways : onsite and offsite -- 2. Surface-water and groundwater pathway -- C. Dose assessment -- D. Uncertainty and the reliability of estimated reconstructed doses -- V. Management of HEDR activities. A. Oversight -- B. Involvement of Battelle, pacific northwest laboratories -- C. Involvement of the public -- D. American Indian communities -- VI. Summary and conclusions -- VII. Literature cited
Summary
"The reports provide data and procedures for determining the annual and cumulative releases of iodine-131 (PNWD 2033, Vol. 1 and PNWD 2033, Vol. 2), techniques for modeling environmental movement of radionuclides (PNWD 1983), and parameters for calculating doses (PNWD 2023). The committee evaluated the four documents with emphasis on completeness of data, quality control, uncertainty analysis, model validation, clarity and detail, and issues of public involvement. Although the committee's overall impression of the reports was favorable, specific concerns were identified regarding omissions that should be addressed, quality control, and dose calculations"--Page 1
