Population Dose Commitments Due to Radioactive Releases From Nuclear Power Plant Sites in 1976

Population radiation dose commitments have been estimated from reported radionuclide releases from commercial power reactors operating during 1976. Fifty-year dose commitments from a one-year exposure were calculated from both liquid and atmospheric releases for four population groups - infant, child, teenager and adult - residing between 2 and 80 km from each site. Results are given in the form of tables giving the dose commitments for both liquid and airborne pathways for each age group and organ. Also included for each site is a histogram showing the fraction of the total population within the 2 to 80-km region around each site receiving various average dose commitments from the airborne pathways. The total dose commitment from both liquid and airborne pathways ranged from a high of 160 person-rem to a low of 0.0002 person-rem with an arithmetic mean of 11 person-rem. The total population dose for all sites was estimated at 470 person-rem for the 90 million people considered at risk.. Authors: Baker, David A. [Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)]. DOE Contract: EY-76-C-06-1830. Subjects: 500300 -- Environment, Atmospheric-- Radioactive Materials Monitoring & Transport-- (-1989); 510300* -- Environment, Terrestrial-- Radioactive Materials Monitoring & Transport-- (-1989); 520300 -- Environment, Aquatic-- Radioactive Materials Monitoring & Transport-- (1989); 54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; 61 RADIATION PROTECTION AND DOSIMETRY; DATA; DATA COMPILATION; DATA FORMS; DOSE COMMITMENTS; DOSES; HUMAN POPULATIONS; INFORMATION; NUMERICAL DATA; POPULATIONS; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTIONS; RADIATI