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The calculations for each litigant are made by selecting the normal-
ized depositions and dose factors appropriate for the event, computing the
doses, and then summing over the nuclides and events.
As an example, this viewgraph
Our next viewgraph, please (LRA-5).
For
dose.
and the total
shots
organ doses for each of the 31
We list the
..
.
summarizes the dose estimates for
the diagnosis is thyroid cancer, so that the organ of reference is
and SMOKY.
ll
36 rads.
The total
is 40 rads,
thyroid dose
Our next viewgraph,
12
radionuclides
the
of
events
31
HARRY,
to know how the
We,
dose.
the
to
contributed
mostly from event
is useful
It
(LRA-6).
please
six
ANNIE, SIMON, HARRY, TESLA, ZUCCHINI,
transported fallout to St. George:
10
and
St. George,
Her residence was
the thyroid.
therefore,
13
individual
14
calculated the individual contributions of the radionuclides to the dose
15
and the fractional contributions to the total.
16
each
17
litigant,
. 18
litigant
and
event
that
and
the
total
dose
contributed
from
all
We made calculations for
the
to
events.
As
for
each
example,
this
and
dose,
an
from event HARRY.
viewgraph shows the results for
Thirteen
19
organs are listed across the top; 20 nuclides are listed along the margin.
20
The most
21
dose are highlighted.
22
the total thyroid dose are iodine-131, tellurium-132, and jodine-133.
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the actual contributions are summarized in the next viewgraph.
important radionuclides
and their contributions to the thyroid
The nuclides that contribute one percent or more of
Now,
This viewgraph (LRA-7) shows the most important contributions to the
24
dose to
Again,
from HARRY.
her
residence
is
25
thyroid
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St. George; her age group is child; diagnosis, thyroid dose from HARRY, 36
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rads.
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Tellurium-132, two percent; and jodine-133 essentially the remainder of 10
Now,
jiodine-131
contributes
12
some
88
percent
of
the
dose;