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.

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