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Technical Reports
Federal Guidance
Federal guidance technical reports provide current scientific and technical information for radiation dose and risk assessment. They are used by federal and state agencies in developing radiation protection regulations and standards.
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Report No. 13, Cancer Risk Coefficients for Environmental Exposure to Radionuclide: Updates and Supplements
Acute Dose Calculator
The Acute Dose Calculator is a program which calculates acute radiation doses from an oral inhalation intake of radionuclides. The calculation can be made for selected time periods after intake.
Below are two versions of the program: Acute Dose Calculator (Complete), which contains all files necessary to run the calculations and Acute Dose Calculator for use with the FGR 13 CD supplement, which allows the user to obtain two of the necessary files from the CD, rather than downloading them. Both versions contain a README file.
Acute
Dose Calculator (Complete) ZIP (single 137Mb file
[about zip format] )
Or download in multiple files:
- FGR13ING.zip (29.7 Mb)
- FGR13INH.zip (107.1Kb)
- AcuteDose_setup.exe (348Kb)
- README.TXT (5Kb)
If you have difficulty in downloading these large files, please contact us at radiation.information@epa.gov for a CD version.
Acute Dose Calculator (for FGR13 CD) (ZIP) (350Kb [about zip format] )
Update: CD Supplement (April, 2002) *
Interactive Viewer for Risk and Dose Coefficients (Installs on user's hard drive.) (All files are in PDF format.)
- FG Report 11 (EPA 520/1-88-020)
- FG Report 12 (EPA 402-R--93-001)
- FG Report 13 (EPA 402-R-99-001)
- Radiogenic Cancer Risk (EPA 402-R-93-076)
- FG-13 QA Report (ORNL)
- FGR-13 DATA Archive (ASCII Files)
- Archives of FGR-13 materials in following folders:
- DCAL: DCAL input files used in preparation of FGR-13
- RISK: US survival function, lifetime risk coefficients (LRC), cancer vs. organ mapping, age/gender usage data, lifetime risk per unit intake as a function of age for ingestion and intakes of the radionuclides
- CANCER: US age and gender specific cancer force of mortality files
- DOSE: Age-specific absorbed dose rate (low & high LET) for each cancer site following a unit intake via ingestion and inhalation at the specified age
- FGR-13PAK:FORTRAN source code and data files to access FGR-13 risk and dose coefficients from user programs
*The August 2000 CD Supplement contains errors in the viewer, and should be replaced with the April 2002 Revision.
To obtain copies of the CD, request EPA 402-C-99-001:
By E-Mail:
Lindsey
Bender (bender.lindsey@epa.gov)
By US Mail:
Office of Radiation and Indoor Air
Radiation Protection Division
1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW (MC 6608J)
Washington, DC 20460-0001
Final-Federal Guidance Report No. 13
Cancer Risk
Coefficients for Environmental Exposure to Radionuclides (PDF) [EPA
402-R-99-001] (335pp, 3.13Mb) September, 1999
This report provides methods and data for estimating
risks due to both internal and external radionuclide exposures.
It includes coefficients for assessing cancer risks from
environmental exposure to about 800 radionuclides. Both
mortality and incidence risk coefficients are tabulated
for inhalation, food and water ingestion, submersion in
air and exposure to uniform soil concentrations. The age-averaged
coefficients consider age-specific intake rates, dose
modeling, and risk modeling. The information presented
in this report is for use in assessing risks from radionuclide
exposure in a variety of applications ranging from environmental
impact analyses of specific sites to the general analyses
that support rulemaking.
Federal Guidance Report No.12
External Exposure
to Radionuclides in Air, Water, and Soil (PDF) [EPA
402-R-93-81] (238pp, 1,688 Kb), 9/93
This Federal guidance report is the third of a series designed to provide technical information useful in implementing radiation protection programs. The dose coefficients in this report are intended for use by federal agencies having regulatory responsibilities for protection of members of the public and/or workers. We also encourage their use by State and local authorities.
Federal Guidance Report No. 11
Limiting Values of Radionuclide Intake and Air Concentration and Dose
Conversion Factors for Inhalation, Submersion, and Ingestion (PDF) [EPA
520/1-88-020] (224 pp, 25,942 Kb), 9/88
This report provides derived guides (limiting values) of
radionuclide intake and air concentration for control of
occupational exposure that are consistent with 1987 Federal
Guidance Document, Radiation Protection Guidance to Federal
Agencies for Occupational Exposure. The derived guides serve
as the basis for regulations setting upper bounds on the
inhalation and ingestion of, and submersion in, radioactive
materials in the workplace. The report also includes tables
of exposure-to-dose conversion factors for general use in
assessing average individual committed doses in any population
that is adequately characterized by Reference Man (ICRP
1975). This report supercedes Federal Guidance Report No.
10.
Department of Energy - Report 11 [html format]
Federal Guidance Report No.10
The Radioactivity Concentration Guides [EPA 520/1-84-010]
12/84
This report provides numerical values for the concentrations
of radioactivity in air and water, corresponding to the
limiting annual doses recommended for workers in the 1960
Federal Guidance Document, Radiation Protection Guidance
for Federal Agencies.
Federal Guidance Report No. 9
Radiation Protection Guidance for Diagnostic X-rays (PDF) [EPA
520/4-76-019] (41pp, 3,138 Kb), 10/76
This report, which was prepared in cooperation with an
Interagency Working Group on Medical Radiation formed on July 5, 1974, provides recommendations to the President for use by federal agencies in developing standards to reduce unnecessary radiation exposure due to medical uses of diagnostic x rays. It provides the basis for the federal guidance document, Radiation
Protection Guidance to Federal Agencies for Diagnostic
X-rays.
Background Report: Recommendations on Guidance for Diagnostic X-Ray Studies in Federal Health Care Facilities (PDF) [EPA 520/4-76-002] (38pp, 872 Kb), 3/76
Federal Radiation Council Reports
Federal Guidance Report No. 8
Guidance for the Control of Radiation Hazards in Uranium Mining (PDF) (60pp,
3,964 Kb), Federal Radiation Council, 9/67
This report contains background material used in the development
of the Federal Guidance Document, Underground Mining of
Uranium Ore.
Federal Guidance Report No. 7
Background Material for the Development of Radiation Protection
Standards (PDF) (49pp, 1.13Mb), Federal Radiation
Council
This report provides background material used in the development
of guidance for Federal agencies in planning activities
to protect the population from strontium-89, strontium-90,
and cesium-137 for certain situations.
Protective Action Guides for Strontium-89, Strontium-90, and Cesium-137 (PDF) (49pp, 1,154 Kb), Federal Radiation Council, 5/65
Federal Guidance Report No. 6
Revised Fallout Estimates for 1964-1965 and Verification of the 1963
Predictions (PDF) (32pp, 556 Kb)
Federal Radiation
Council, 10/64 This report documents a study showing that the predictions
in FRC Report No. 4, were substantially correct, and the
conclusions in that report still apply.
Federal Guidance Report No. 5
Background Material for the Development of Radiation Protection
Standards (PDF) (19pp, 464 Kb), Federal Radiation
Council, 7/64
This guidance provides background material used in the
development of guidance for Federal agencies for (1) planning
protective actions to reduce potential doses to the population
from radioactive fission products which may contaminate
food, and (2) doses at which implementation of protective
actions may be appropriate.
Federal Guidance Report No. 4
Estimates and Evaluation of Fallout in the United States from
Nuclear Weapons Testing Conducted Through 1962 (PDF) (34 pp, 1,131 Kb), Federal Radiation Council, 5/63
This report provides an analysis of the levels of fallout
anticipated in 1963 and subsequent years following the programs
of atmospheric nuclear weapons testing conducted through
1962. The report forecasts a substantial increase in the
probable levels of radionuclides from fallout during 1963
with decreasing quantities in subsequent years.
Federal Guidance Report No. 3
Health Implications of Fallout from Nuclear Weapons Testing Through 1961 (PDF) (13pp,
504 Kb), Federal
Radiation Council, 5/62
This report evaluates the health implication of fallout
from nuclear weapons testing conducted through 1961. It
concluded that nuclear testing through 1961 increased by
small amounts the normal risks of adverse health effects
to the general population.
Federal Guidance Report Report No. 2
Background
Material for the Development of Radiation Protection
Standards (PDF) (23pp, 370 Kb), Federal Radiation
Council September, 1961
This report provides the background information for the
1961 Federal Guidance Document. It includes Radiation Protection
Guides for certain organs of individuals in the general
population, as well as averages over exposed populations.
Federal Guidance Report No. 1
Background
Material for the Development of Radiation Protection
Standards (PDF) (43 pp, 546 Kb), Federal
Radiation Council, 5/60
This report provides the background information for the
development of the 1960 and 1961 Federal Guidance Documents.
It introduced and defined the term "Radiation Protection
Guide" (RPG). It provided numerical values for RPGs
for the whole body and certain organs of radiation workers,
and for the whole body of individuals in the general population
as well as average population gonadal dose.
