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Filtering by: Advisor Durham, Catherine A. Subject Hazardous substances -- Risk assessment -- United States

A comparison of deterministic and probabilistic radiation dose assessments at three fictitious ¹³⁷Cs contaminated sites in California, Colorado, and Florida

Creator:

Brock, Terry A.

Abstract:

Two methods of radiation dose assessment were evaluated for the Cs-137 in soil ⇒ leafy vegetable ⇒ human consumption exposure pathway at three fictitious contaminated sites in California, Colorado, and Florida. An annual dose equation was developed and per USEPA risk assessment guidelines, traditional, single point annual dose estimates were...

Resource Type:

Masters Thesis

Full Text:

approved: Kathryn A. Higley Abstract approved: Catherine M. Neumann Two methods of radiation dose