Approximate Absolute Risks of Cancer Mortality (BEIR III)
Dose
Percent of Normal
Cancer Deaths
Cancer Mortality
1 mrad/yr alpha to lung
0.1 in 100,000
0.03
3 mrad/yr alpha to bone
0.3 in 100,000
0.10
0.1 in 100,000
0.03
40 mrad/yralpha to
bone surface
Normal Annual Risk
of Cancer Death
900 mrem/yr whole body
(low L
170 mremye whole body
low LET (0.02 mrem/hr}
Los Alamos
300 in 100,000
4 in 100,000
1.3
1.5 in 100,000
0.5