Excellence in Control of Radiation Exposures

Savannah River Site (SRS) operating contractors have continuously maintained excellence in the control of radiation exposures to both Site workers and the public in the surrounding area. In doing so, Site organizations and radiation protection officials have contributed significant advances to the nuclear industry in methods for controlling radiation exposures. These methods, developed and first used at SRS, are now routinely used throughout the U.S. nuclear industry. As a consequence of their use, the average lifetime occupational radiation dose to workers monitored at SRS is among the lowest of major U. S. nuclear facilities. The average annual radiation dose to any monitored worker has been maintained as a small fraction of federal criteria. Public doses have long been maintained at less than a few percent of federal limits and much, much less than the average citizen receives from natural radioactivity.