Sensitivity analyses of the standards for the proposed Yucca Mountain repository - A review, evaluation, and commentary

Health Physics

Volumn 88, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 459-468

  Moeller, Dade W ^a,b   Ryan, Michael T ^b  

^a Dade Moeller and Associates Inc   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dose, internal; Exposure, population; Intake, radionuclide; Waste disposal

Indexed keywords

CARBON 14; GROUND WATER; IODINE 129; NEPTUNIUM 237; PLUTONIUM 239; RADIOISOTOPE; RADIUM 226; RADIUM 228; TECHNETIUM 99M;

ATMOSPHERIC RADIOACTIVITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION HAZARD; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STANDARD; UNITED STATES; WATER QUALITY; WATER STANDARD;

BODY BURDEN; DECONTAMINATION; GUIDELINES; HUMANS; NEVADA; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; REFUSE DISPOSAL; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 17144379719     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.HP.0000156955.56611.3a     Document Type: Review

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