When the final version of the report is completed later this year, copies will be sent to the Richland Library and the Department of Energy Reading Room in Richland. The public is invited to comment before decisions are made on future research. Buford Highway, Atlanta, GA 30341. People who lived in the Hanford area during the 1940s or 1950s can learn how much radioactive iodine 131 they may have absorbed from individually tailored estimates that were created by the Hanford Individual Dose Assessment Project. There is no charge for the service, which is operated by the state health departments of Washington, Oregon and Idaho, along with the federal Centers for Disease Control.
People fill out forms detailing where they lived at what times and their dietary histories.
The information is used to calculate a dose estimate. Copyright 1999 Tri-City Herald. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.