Lifetime Risk of Cancer Death
(deaths/106 /rad)
Continous Exposure
to 1 rad/yr
Single exposure to
10 rad
Absolute
——
Relativ~
__
Absolute
Relative
L-Q, ~
77
226
67
182
L-L,=
167
501
158
430
10
28
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Model
Q-L,Q-L
2.
4
Birth Defects---pages 166-169 ~
...—
——--- -{“”~ea;~~i;~ntal age = 30 years
1 rem per generation
)
(1 rem parental exposure) per 106 live offspring
5 to 75 birth defects, this is 0.0005--0.0075%--First
generation.
●
Since the spontaneous rate is given as 10.7%, in the U.S. population,
1 rem will increase the rate from 10.7% to 10.7005--10.7075%.
,-,
.
In terms of the spontaneous rate 1 rem per generation 9ives -~
0.000047 = 0.0047% increase and 0“~~7~ = 0,0007 = 0.07% increase.
.
OF RISK
IV. CALCULATIONS
Table 1 gives the radiation dose values provided by Dr. Robison for use
in developing estimates of increased health risks in the Bikini population.
RISKS
&++;“
—
FOR 14 DIFFERENT LIVING CONDITIONS
—
Table 3 sh ws the calculations for estimates of increased cancer risk
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for 14 di~rent living conditions.