Background

The purpose of Hanford Environmental Dose Reconstruction was to estimate radiation doses, since the first year of Hanford operations, that people could have received as a result of radionuclide emissions from the Hanford Site. Exposures to radioactive materials released to the atmosphere resulted primarily from the consumption of food containing radioactivity, inhalation of contaminated air, or direct exposure to radioactivity in soil or air.

Hanford Dose Visualization (GIS) Application

The geographic component of the studies on Hanford was designed by the Geographic Information Science Center, UC Berkeley as a GIS visualization tool. The Hanford GIS map application features:

• Viewable dataset with perspective of Northwest US area.
• Interactive layering of spatial/temporal data for Hanford study area.
• Map data contained in vector as well as raster/grid format.
• Map navigation tools for interactive viewing.
• Printable display of numerical measurements of radiological dose, substance concentration, etc.

Contacts

Geographic Information Science Center, UCB (GISC)
Anders Flodmark (flodmark@gisc.berkeley.edu)
Eric Zhang (flodmark@gisc.berkeley.edu)

Screenshots

Layers of temporal data are viewable with the spatial interface on the Hanford mapping application. Densities of measured substances are shown on a grid over the Hanford area, with different years corresponding to different grid values.

Detailed information can also be accessed by simply using an "identify" tool on the desired grid tile. A separate report will appear for each studied area.