Savannah River Site Dose Reconstruction Project - Aiken, South Carolina
- Gather information about area of radiation exposure and assess data
- Identify pathways of internal and external exposure
- Determine methods of calculation to estimate screening doses and exposures
- Develop methods to assess and estimate environmental doses
- Determine risk of environmental exposures through selected calculation method
- Document reconstruction procedures and results
Overview
CDC first became involved in health studies at Savannah River Site in 1992 following a memorandum of understanding between the Department of Health and Human Services and the Department of Energy.
Project Activities
The Savannah River Site, located near Barnwell, South Carolina, was constructed during the early 1950s to produce the basic materials used in the fabrication of nuclear weapons, primarily tritium and plutonium-239. Researchers completed the first phase of the project — the comprehensive data assessment and retrieval phase— in 1995. This phase involved an exhaustive records search of more than 50,000 boxes of records. The next phase was completed in 2001. In this phase the researchers estimated the quantities of radioactive and chemical material released from the Savannah River Site between 1954 and 1992.
Current Status of Project
The project was completed in September, 2006.
The Savannah River Site Searchable Bibliographic Database
- Phase II Dose Reconstruction Project
- Final Report pdf icon[PDF – 254 KB]
- Background pdf icon[PDF – 23 KB]
- Phase 2 Questions & Answers pdf icon[PDF – 23kb]
- Results of the Phase 2 Study pdf icon[PDF – 82 KB]
- Community Summary pdf icon[PDF – 467 KB]
- Glossary of Terms pdf icon[PDF – 146 KB]
- Phase III Dose Reconstruction Project
- Final Report pdf icon[PDF – 495 KB]
- Executive Summary pdf icon[PDF – 469 KB]
- Fact Sheet pdf icon[PDF – 96 KB]
- Entire Report [ZIP – 5.6MB]
- Appendices and Supporting Files [ZIP – 5.2MB]