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United States Department of Energy - Graded Approach

PAGE UNDER DEVELOPMENTIn the USA, the United States Department of Energy (US DOE) has published biota protection guidelines and dose rates (USDOE 1993; USDOE 2008).

Documentation on the US DOE Graded Approach

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USDOE, 2008. Environmental protection program, DOE Order 450.1A. United States Department of Energy, Washington D.C.

Jones, D., Domotor, S., Higley, K., Kocher, D., Bilyard, G., 2003.
Principles and issues in radiological ecological risk assessment
Journal of Environmental Radioactivity, 66, 19-39
Abstract

Higley, K.A., Domotor, S.L., Antonio, E.J., Kocher, D.C., 2003.
Derivation of a screening methodology for evaluating radiation dose to aquatic and terrestrial biota
Journal of Environmental Radioactivity, 66, 41-59
Abstract

Higley, K.A., Domotor, S.L., Antonio, E.J., 2003.
A kinetic-allometric approach to predicting tissue radionuclide concentrations for biota.
Journal of Environmental Radioactivity, 66, 61-74.
Abstract

Higley, K.A., Domotor, S.L., Antonio, E.J., 2003.
A probabilistic approach to obtaining limiting estimates of radionuclide concentration in biota
Journal of Environmental Radioactivity, 66, 75-87
Abstract