Environmental Radiation









Alaska Radiation Studies
Long Term Hydrological Monitoring Program: Amchitka, Alaska 1997; EPA, June 1998, EPA-402-R-98-002
Radionuclides in the Arctic Seas from the Former Soviet Union: Potential Health and Ecological Risks; US DOE, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, November 1, 1997, UCRL-CR-136696 (This full report is about 10 megs and may take a long time to download. It will print out as one large document unless you select a range of pages.)
Segmented version of the above Radionuclides report - each section will print out separately. It may be quicker to right click on the section, and save / download to your computer, then print out, instead of printing from the web site.
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Source-Term Analyses of Potential Radionuclide Releases Relevant to the Arctic Seas and Northwest Pacific Ocean
Chapter 3: Transport of Radionuclides in the Arctic Seas
Chapter 4: Bioconcentration of Radionuclides in Marine Food-Web Organisms
Chapter 5: Assessment of Risks to Marine Aquatic Populations Resulting from Exposures to Radionucldes in Arctic Seas
Chapter 6: Assessment of Risks to Alaska Poopulations from Exposures to Radionuclides in Subsistence Diets
Chapter 7: Assessment Results, conclusions, and Recommendations
Appendix A: Ecosystems in Arctic Areas of Concern
Appendix B: Radiation Doses and Dose Rates Resulting in Mortality
Appendix C: Inherent Radiosensivity Factors
Appendix D: Subsistence Diets
Appendix E: Worksheet for Estimating Individual Doses