title: Estimation of internal radiation dose from both immediate releases and continued exposures to contaminated materials.
abstract: A brief description is provided of the basic concepts related to 'internal dose' and how it differs from doses that result from radioactive materials and direct radiation outside of the body. The principles of radiation dose reconstruction, as applied to both internal and external doses, are discussed on the basis of a recent publication prepared by the US National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements. Finally, ideas are introduced related to residual radioactive contamination in the environment that has resulted from the releases from damaged reactors and also to the management of wastes that may be generated in both regional cleanup and decommissioning of the Fukushima nuclear power plant.
authors.affiliation: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA 99352, USA. Bruce.Napier@pnnl.gov
authors.forename: Bruce
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Napier
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D003198:Computer Simulation; D004781:Environmental Exposure / Q000032:analysis*; D005507:Food Contamination, Radioactive / Q000032:analysis*; D006801:Humans; D008954:Models, Biological; D011834:Radiation Monitoring / Q000379:methods*; D014915:Whole-Body Counting / Q000379:methods*