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Federal Guidance Report No. 16: Cancer Risk Coefficients for Environmental Exposure to Radionuclides
Citation:
Federal Guidance Report No. 16: Cancer Risk Coefficients for Environmental Exposure to Radionuclides. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C.
Impact/Purpose:
EPA’s federal guidance reports provide federal and state agencies with technical information to assist in the implementation of radiation protection programs. The risk coefficients in this report are estimates of the probability of radiogenic cancer mortality or morbidity per unit exposure to the radionuclide in environmental media; they are intended for assessments of potential cancer risks from internal and external exposure to radionuclides in air, water and soil.
Description:
Federal Guidance Report No. 16 (FGR 16) provides radionuclide-specific lifetime radiogenic cancer risk coefficients for the U.S. population, based on age- and gender-specific intake rates, dosimetry, and risk models. Risk coefficients are provided for external exposure to radionuclides in air, water, and soil, and internal exposure to radionuclides through inhalation of contaminated air and ingestion of contaminated water or food. FGR 16 updates and expands Federal Guidance Report No. 13 (1999) with improved radionuclide decay data, biokinetic models, cancer risk models, and U.S. population statistics.