RE: Atomic vet doses

["PASTEL, ROSS H(RPT)" <PASTEL@nt1.afrri.usuhs.mil>]

Apparently you are missing something.  In Chapter 6 - Uncertainty Analysis
by Individual Test Series, there is a section for each Test, with a
subsection on Personnel Exposed which summarizes information on dose. For
example, p. 97, Operation Ranger, "Five participants accumulated more
exposure than the 3-roentgen exposure limit for the test series. The highest
exposure was 4.4 roentgens, and the rest were less than 4. . . ."  

For a more complete reference (cited in the above book) check AA Johnson et
al, For the record - a history of the nuclear test personnel review program,
1978-1986.  Washington, DC: Defense Nuclear Agency; DNA-6041F; 1 Aug 1986.

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Ross H. Pastel, Ph.D.
Department of RPT
AFRRI
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-----Original Message-----
From: Philip Hypes [mailto:phypes@lanl.gov]
Sent: Tuesday, November 16, 1999 4:43 PM
To: Multiple recipients of list
Subject: RE: Atomic vet doses


I've never seen any dose numbers in that report, just a discussion of the
factors that affect the quality of the dosimetry results.  Am I missing
something?

At 03:27 PM 11/16/99 -0600, you wrote:
>There is a book by the National Research Council - Film Badge Dosimetry in
>Atmospheric Nuclear Tests, National Academy Press, Washington, DC, 1989.
>http://books.nap.edu/catalog/1404.html
>
>============================
>Ross H. Pastel, Ph.D.
>Department of RPT
>AFRRI
>8901 Wisconsin Ave.
>Bethesda, MD 20889-5603
>pastel@mx.afrri.usuhs.mil
>
>Visit AFRRI at www.afrri.usuhs.mil
>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Philip Hypes [mailto:phypes@lanl.gov]
>Sent: Monday, November 15, 1999 10:57 AM
>To: Multiple recipients of list
>Subject: Atomic vet doses
>
>
>I've spent quite some time trying to find a reference on the web that gives
>an idea of the doses the atomic veterans were exposed to.  No luck
>whatsoever.  The closest I've come is some detailed analysis of the quality
>of the dosimetry that was conducted in conjunction with the tests.  Can
>anyone give me an idea of the current best estimates of the doses involved?
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>Los Alamos National Laboratory
>Safeguards Science and Technology Group (NIS 5)
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Philip Hypes
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(505) 667-1556  phypes@lanl.gov

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