The Hanford Environmental Dose Reconstruction Project A Review of Four Documents (1994) / Chapter Skim
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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. The committee concluded that the reports are comprehensive, well-documented' and sound for source-term determinations but could be improved by inclusion of additional information for dose modeling.
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The types of annual dose that will be calculated, the manner in which individual doses are to be validated, and the expected uncertainty estimates associated with the doses should be specified. The estimated release of iodine-131 in 1944-1947 was 685 kCi, which was calculated from daily measurements of operating characteristics directly related to rates of production and release of iodine-131 and other fission products.
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It is mentioned that TSP guidelines for annual doses for any individual exist, but these guidelines are not presented in the reports. Some concern was expressed regarding potential conflicts arising from having staff from Battelle, Pacific Northwest Laboratories assess past activities that involved persons who were employees of Battelle Memorial Institute and in some cases previous employees of the General Electric Company.
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