A review of the dose reconstruction program of the Defense Threat Reduction Agency
- 作者: National Research Council (U.S.).
- 出版: Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press 2003.
- 稽核項: 1 online resource (xv, 399 pages) :illustrations, maps.
- 標題: Radiation Injuries epidemiology. , Radiation , TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING Military Science. , United States. Defense Threat Reduction Agency. , Program Evaluation. , Nuclear weapons United States -- Testing. , Nuclear Warfare. , Radiation Dosage. , Radiation Injuries , Electronic book. , Veterans Disability Claims. , TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING , Nuclear weapons , United States Government Agencies. , Electronic books. , Nuclear weapons Testing. , Military Science. , Testing. , epidemiology. , United States. , Dosage. , Dose Reconstruction Program (U.S.)
- ISBN: 0309168023 , 9780309168021
- ISBN: 1280179864 , 9781280179860 , 0309089026 , 9780309089029
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- 附註: "This study was supported by contract DTRA01-01-C-0012 between the National Academy of Sciences and the Defense Threat Reduction Agency"--Title page verso. Includes bibliographical references and index. ""FrontMatter""; ""A Note on the Units of Measurement Used in this Report""; ""Preface""; ""Contents""; ""Public Summary""; ""Executive Summary""; ""I Introduction""; ""II The Committeeâ€?s Process""; ""III The Process of Submitting and Deciding Claims""; ""IV Process of Dose Reconstruction in NTPR Program""; ""V Committeeâ€?s Findings Related to NTPR Dose Reconstruction Program""; ""VI Findings Related to Other Issues""; ""VII Conclusions""; ""VIII Recommendations""; ""References""; ""Appendixes"" ""Appendix A Examples of Dose Reconstruction Memoranda from Sample Cases Reviewed by Committee""""Appendix B Sampled Case Files of Dose Reconstructions Reviewed by Committee""; ""Appendix C Names of Invited Speakers and Interactions with Veterans""; ""Appendix D Responses to Committeeâ€?s Questions""; ""Appendix E Analysis of Potential Inhalation Doses Due to Blast-Wave Effects at Operation PLUMBBOB, Shot HOOD, and Implications for Dose Reconstructions for Atomic Veterans""; ""Appendix F Unit Dose Reconstruction for Task Force WARRIOR at Operation PLUMBBOB, Shot SMOKY""; ""Glossary"" ""List of Abbreviations""""Committee Biographies""; ""Index""
- 摘要: In response to concerns about military personnel and civilian exposure to radiation from the US atmospheric nuclear weapons testing program of 1945-62, Congress charged an independent committee to review the Dose Reconstruction Program.
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From 1945 through 1962, the US atmospheric nuclear weapons testing program involved hundreds of thousands of military and civilian personnel, and some of them were exposed to ionizing radiation. Veterans' groups have since been concerned that their members' health was affected by radiation exposure associated with participation in nuclear tests and have pressured Congress for disability compensation. Several pieces of legislation have been passed to compensate both military and civilian personnel for such health effects. Veterans' concerns about the accuracy of reconstructed doses prompted Congress to have the General Accounting Office (GAO) review the dose reconstruction program used to estimate exposure. The GAO study concluded that dose reconstruction is a valid method of estimating radiation dose and could be used as the basis of compensation. It also recommended an independent review of the dose reconstruction program. The result of that recommendation was a congressional mandate that the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA), a part of the Department of Defense, ask the National Research Council to conduct an independent review of the dose reconstruction program. In response to that request, the National Research Council established the Committee to Review the Dose Reconstruction Program of the Defense Threat Reduction Agency in the Board on Radiation Effects Research (BRER). The committee randomly selected sample records of doses that had been reconstructed by DTRA and carefully evaluated them. The committee's report describes its findings and provides responses to many of the questions that have been raised by the veterans.
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