Risk-based Screening Assessment of Radionuclides Released to the Columbia River

Description

Develop a model to calculate radionuclide concentrations in the Columbia River from Hanford Reactor discharges of circulation water for 1944-1971. Integrate an exposure assessment model to estimate cancer morbidity risk to hypothetical individuals from exposure to contaminated Columbia River water and shoreline sediments.

Customer

Risk Assessments Corporation for Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Publications

Grogan, H.A., A.S. Rood, J.W. Aanenson, and E.B. Liebow, 2002. A Risk-based Screening Analysis for Radionuclides Released to the Columbia River from Past Activities at the U.S. Department of Energy Nuclear Weapons Site in Hanford, Washington. RAC Report No. 3-CDC Task Order 7-2000 FINAL. Risk Assessment Corporation, Neeses, South Carolina.