[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 32, Volume 2]
[Revised as of July 1, 2008]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 32CFR218.4]

[Page 417-418]
 
                       TITLE 32--NATIONAL DEFENSE
 
        CHAPTER I--OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE (CONTINUED)
 
PART 218_GUIDANCE FOR THE DETERMINATION AND REPORTING OF NUCLEAR RADIATION 
 
Sec. 218.4  Dose estimate reporting standards.

    The following minimum standards for reporting dose estimates shall 
be uniformly applied by the Military Services when preparing information 
in response to an inquiry by the Veterans Administration, in connection 
with a claim for compensation, or by a veteran or his or her 
representative. The information shall include all material aspects of 
the radiation environment to which the veteran was exposed and shall 
include inhaled, ingested, and neutron doses, when applicable. In 
determining the veteran's dose, initial neutron, initial gamma, residual 
gamma, and internal (inhaled and ingested) alpha, beta, and gamma shall 
be considered. However, doses will be reported as gamma dose, neutron 
dose, and internal dose. To the extent to which the information is 
available, the responses will address the following questions:
    (a) Can it be documented that the veteran was a test participant? If 
so, what tests did he attend and what were the specifics of these tests 
(date, time, yield (unless classified) type, location and other relevant 
details)?
    (b) What unit was the man in? What were the mission and activities 
of the units at the test?
    (c) To the extent to which the available records indicate, what were 
his duties at the test?
    (d) Can you corroborate the specific information relevant to the 
potential exposure provided by the claimant to the Veterans 
Administration and forwarded to the Department of Defense?

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What is the impact of these specific activities on the claimant's 
reconstructed dose?
    (e) Is there any recorded radiation exposure for the individual? 
Does this recorded exposure cover the full period of test participation? 
What are the uncertainties associated with the recorded film badge dose?
    (f) If recorded dosimetry data is unavailable or incomplete, what is 
the dose reconstruction for the most probable dose, with error limits, 
if available?
    (g) Is there evidence of a neutron or internal exposure? What is the 
reconstruction?

Upon request, the participant or his or her authorized representative 
will be informed of the specific methodologies and assumptions employed 
in estimating his or her dose.