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Bad to the Bone:

Analysis of the Federal Maximum Contaminant Levels for Plutonium-239 and Other Alpha-Emitting Transuranic Radionuclides in Drinking Water

By: Arjun Makhijani, Ph.D.
Institute for Energy and Environmental Research

August 2005

Press Release | PDF version of entire report [375KB; 33 pages] | Endorsements

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements

Main Findings

Recommendations

I. Introduction

II. National Primary Drinking Water Regulations- Radionuclides
A. Bone dose estimation in ICRP 2
B. Bone dose estimation, present-day dose conversion factors
1. Bone doses according to FGR 11
2. Bone doses according to FGR 13

III. Conclusions

IV. Costs

V. Estimating the impact of residual radioactivity

VI. Other risks and radionuclides

References

Also on this site:
  • IEER-EPA correspondence
  • Take action to keep drinking water safe from plutonium contamination
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  • Download newsletter summarizing the report (Science for Democratic Action vol. 13 no. 3, Sept. 2005) PDF, 370kB, 12 pages
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