33 4.5 Summary DOE-1982 stated the whole-body dose (integral) to be 2.5 re for T at about 1 rem too hig for the period 1978-2008, of which 1.63 rem stems from cesium-137. dose, based on the type B community diet, is the following reasons. Whole-body counting is the superior method for the determina ion of the cesium-137 whole-body dose. Based on 1978 conditions at Rong lap Island, the cesium dose by that method for 1978-2008 would be .62 ren (committed effective dose equivalent). For strontium-90, the urine-derived dose of .021 rem is 60% f that calculated from the diet {.035 rem). The difference is in the sa e direction as that for cesium, and is small enough in absolute ter 8 so that it will not materially affect the outcome one way or the othér. For plutonium-239, the estimates based on urine (median valu@) and diet are close enough for practical purposes (.005 rem and .009 r n, respectively; total transuranic, .010 and .020 rem respectively) However, as noted above, the wide spread of the urine data do cal! further investigation. for I therefore conclude that the doses in Table 4.5 #1 fall we! 1 within the present EPA guide for the general population of the U.: oA. (5 rem for 30 years, committed effective dose equivalent, standard ni n; I also take 30 rem in any one tissue except lens). They also satis: y the ICRP and NCRP guides (3 rem). Whether or not these estimated doses guarantee that no one if any one year will exceed the individual guide of 0.5 rem, I cannot saf¥. and large that should be so. By