Recent Publications

2025 

Bellamy M, Samuels C, Dewji S, Leggett R., Hiller M, Venoit K, Manger RP, Ryman JC, Easterly CE, Hertel NE, Stewart DJ, Eckerman KF. External exposure to radionuclides in air, water and soil. Federal Guidance Report 15.

Leggett R, Samuels C, Pawel D, Jokisch D, Martinez N, Hertel N, Bellamy M, Easterly C, Anderson M, Hiller M, Dewji S, Ward R, Eckerman K. Cancer risk coefficients for environmental exposure to radionuclides. Federal Guidance Report 16 Review Draft.

Dawson RJ, Huesa-Berral C, Carter LM, Choi C, Shin B, Bobic M, Cogno N, Withrow JD, Jokisch DW, Bertolet A, Paganetti H, Bolch WE, Dosimetrically coupled multiscale tetrahedral models of human liver vasculature: implications for radiopharmaceutical dosimetry of both organ blood and parenchyma. Physics in Medicine and Biology.

Jokisch DW. Specific absorbed fractions for reference individuals for the current and next general recommendations. Proceedings of the ICRP 2023 Symposium. Ann. ICRP. 

Paquet F, Bailey MR, Berkovskyy V, Blanchardon E, Davesne E, Gregoratto D, Leggett RW, Ratia G, Samuels C, Smith T. (in press) Dose Coefficients for Intakes of Radionuclides by Members of the Public: Part 2. Ann. ICRP

Paquet F, Bailey MR, Leggett RW, Smith T, Blanchardon E, Giussani A, Marsh JW, Ratia G, Samuels C, Gregoratto D, Berkovski V, Jokisch D (in press). Dose Coefficients for Intakes of Radionuclides by Members of the Public: Part 1. ICRP Publication 158. Ann. ICRP 

Martinez NE, Jokisch DW, Mumma M, Tolmachev SY, Avtandilashvili M, Tabatadze G, Leggett R, Samuels C, Golden A, Howard S, Dauer L, Boice Jr JD. (in press). Archival records housed at USTUR support radium dial worker dosimetry. J. Radiol. Prot. DOI: 10.1088/1361-6498/ad8bcf

Samuels CE, Leggett RW. (2025) 2025 Review and Revision of Federal Guidance Report 15, ORNL/SPR-2025/3803. Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States).

Samuels C, Leggett R. (2025) Evaluation of 10 CFR 835 Appendix A & C Derived Air Concentrations. [White paper] Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL).

2024

Tolmachev SY, Martinez FT, Linson JE, Brockman JD, Thomas ET, Avtandilashvili M, Tabatadze G, Leggett RW, Samuels C, Martinez NE, Jokisch DW, Boice Jr JD, Dauer LT. (2024). Distribution of plutonium and radium in the human heart. J. Radiol. Prot. DOI: 10.1088/1361-6498/ad9ebb.

Leggett R, Samuels C, Martinez N, Avtandilashvili M, Tolmachev S, Jokisch D. (2024) Development of Age- and Sex-Specific Biokinetic Models for Workers. Final Report. [White paper]

Dauer LT, Mumma MT, Lima JC, Cohen SS, Andresen D, Bahadori AA, Bellamy M, Bierman D, Blattnig S, French B, Giunta E, Held K, Hertel N, Keohane L, Leggett R, Lipworth L, Miller KB, Norman R, Samuels C, Thomas KS, Tolmachev S, Walsh L, Boice Jr JD (2024). A Million Person Study innovation: evaluating cognitive impairment and other morbidity outcomes from chronic radiation exposure through linkages with the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services Assessment and Claims Data. Radiat. Res. 202 (6): 847-861. DOI: 10.1667/RADE-23-00186.1

Leggett RW, Samuels CE (2024) Biokinetic Modeling of Radionuclide Uptake and Retention by the Fetus [White paper] Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL)

Leggett RW, Samuels CE (2024). Reference Gastrointestinal Absorption Fractions for Radionuclides Ingested in Soil. ORNL/TM-2024/3264. Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). DOI:10.2172/2301649.

2023

Jokisch DW, Bolch WE, Schwarz BC, Martinez NE, Eckerman KF, Kim K, Griffin KT, Godwin WJ, Lee C. (2023). Specific absorbed fractions for reference paediatric individuals. ICRP Publication 155. Ann. ICRP. 52(4)

Samuels C, Leggett R. (2023) Reassessment of Surface Contamination Limits for Low-Energy Electron Emitters. [White paper]. Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) 

Leggett R, Samuels C. (2023). Biokinetic and Dosimetric Models Used in DOE STD-1196-2022 Derived Concentration Technical Standard. DOE HDBK-1244-2023. U.S. Department of Energy. Washington, DC (United States).

Samuels C, Leggett R (2023). Dose reconstruction for plutonium-239 intakes at the Rocky Flats Plant. Int. J. Radiat. Biol. 99 1841-1852. DOI: 10.1080/09553002.2023.2241896

Garnier-Laplace J, Martinez NE, Copplestone D, Schneider T, Mayall A, Larsson CM. (2023). Protection of the environment from exposure to ionising radiation: why and how evolution is timely for the ICRP system. Ann. ICRP 52(S1):26-32. DOI: 10.54320/GGBK4567

Martinez NE, Canoba A, Donaher SE, Garnier-Laplace J, Kinase S, Mayall A, Stark K, Whicker J. (2023). An Introduction to Ecosystem Services for Radiological Protection. Ann. ICRP 52(S1):240-248. DOI: 10.54320/TORO1291

Milder CM, Howard SC, Ellis ED, Golden AP, Cohen SS, Mumma MT, Leggett RW, French B, Zablotska LB, Boice Jr. JD (2023) Third mortality follow-up of the Mallinckrodt uranium processing workers, 1942-2019. Int. J. Radiat. Biol. 100 161-175. DOI: 10.1080/09553002.2023.2267640

Samuels C, Marsh J, Leggett R (2023). An age- and sex-specific biokinetic model for radon. J. Radiol. Prot. 43 041502. DOI: 10.1088/1361-6498/acfb19

Zablotska LB, Richardson DB, Golden A, Pasqual E, Smith B, Rage E, Demers PA, Do M, Fenske N, Deffner V, Kreuzer M, Samet J, Bertke S, Kelly-Reif K, Schubauer-Berigan MK, Tomasek L, Wiggins C, Laurier D, Apostoaei I, Thomas BA, Simon SL, Hoffman FO, Boice Jr JD, Dauer LT, Howard SC, Cohen SS, Mumma MT, Ellis ED, Eckerman KF, Leggett RW, Pawel DJ (2023). The epidemiology of lung cancer following radiation exposure. Int. J. Radiat. Biol. 99 569-580. DOI: 10.1080/09553002.2022.2110321

Boice Jr. JD, Cohen SS, Mumma MT, Golden AP, Howard SC, Girardi DJ, Ellis ED, Bellamy MB, Dauer LT, Eckerman KF, Leggett RW (2023). Mortality among Tennessee Eastman Corporation (TEC) uranium processing workers, 1943–2019. Int. J. Radiat. Biol. 99 208-228. DOI: 10.1080/09553002.2022.2078003

Samuels C, Ansari A, Finklea L, Hertel N (2023). Measurable radiation levels around individuals externally contaminated by nuclear fallout. Radiation Protection Dosimetry 199 1310-1323. DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncad182

Choi C, Shin B, Yeom YS, Kim CH, Bolch WE, Jokisch DW, Han H, Lee C, Chung BS. (2023). Development of respiratory tract organs for ICRP pediatric mesh reference computational phantoms. Health Physics. 125(6):454-445.

Kesner AL, Carter LM, Ramos JCO, Lafontaine D, Olguinn EA, Brown JL, President B, Jokisch DW, Fisher DR, Bolch WE. (2023). MIRD pamphlet no.28, part 1: MIRDcalc – a software tool for medical internal radiation dosimetry. Journal of Nuclear Medicine. 64(7):1117-1124; DOI:10.2967/jnumed.122.264225.

Carter LM, Ramos JCO, Olguin EA, Brown JL, Lafontaine D, Jokisch DW, Bolch WE, Kesner AL. (2023). MIRD pamphlet no.28, part 2: comparative evaluation of MIRDcalc dosimetry software across a compendium of diagnostic radiopharmaceuticals. Journal of Nuclear Medicine. 64(8):1295-1303; DOI:10.2967/jnumed.122.264230.

Carter LM, Bellamy MB, Choi C, Kim CH, Bolch WE, Jokisch DW, Kesner AL. (2023). Influence of body posture on internal organ dosimetry: radiocesium exposure modeling using novel posture-dependent mesh computational phantoms. Health Physics. 125(2):137-142; DOI: 10.1097/HP. 0000000000001701.

2022

Martinez NE, Van Bladel L, Sovik A, Balogh L, Benoit J, Dorling S, Gambino J, Natsuhori M, Pentreath RJ, Peremans K, Randall E, Roy C, Tanaka I, Davila A. (2022) Radiological Protection for Veterinary Practice. ICRP Publication 153. Ann. ICRP 51(4):1-95. DOI: 10.1177/01466453221142702

Corredor C, Eckerman K, Favret D, Jokisch D, Leggett R, Martinez N, Samuels C, Wallo III A. (2022) Derived Concentration Technical Standard. DOE-STD-1196-2022. U.S. Department of Energy. Washington, DC (United States).

Dolislager FG, Hipogrosso CM, Asano EA, Manning KL, Stewart DJ, Noto KA, Samuels CE, Galloway LD, Armstrong AQ (2022). Air Exchange Rate Impact on Activity Equilibrium Factors and Inhalation Fractional Equilibrium Factors for Rn, Xe, Kr, Ar, Ne, and Their Progeny in Vapor Intrusion, Risk, and Dose Models. ORNL/TM-2022/2807. Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States).

Leggett RW, Tolmachev SY, Avtandilashvili M, Eckerman KF, Grogan HA, Sgouros G, Woloschak GE, Samuels C, Boice Jr JD (2022). Methods of improving brain dose estimates for internally deposited radionuclides. J. Radiol. Prot. 42 033001. DOI: 10.1088/1361-6498/ac7e02

Dauer LT, Bouville A, Toohey RE, Boice Jr. JD, Beck HL, Eckerman KF, Hagemeyer D, Leggett RW, Mumma MT, Napier B, Pryor KH, Rosenstein M, Schauer DA, Sherbini S, Stram DO, Thompson JL, Till JE, Yoder RC, Zeitlin C (2022). Dosimetry and uncertainty approaches for the million person study of low-dose radiation health effects: overview of the recommendations in NCRP Report No. 178. J. Radiol. Prot. 98 600-609. DOI: 10.1080/09553002.2018.1536299

Leggett RW, Eckerman KF, Bellamy M. (2022). MPS dose reconstruction for internal emitters: some site-specific issues and approaches. J. Radiol. Prot. 98 631-643. DOI: 10.1080/09553002.2018.1558302

Leggett RW, Tolmachev SY, Boice Jr. JD (2022). Potential improvements in brain dose estimates for internal emitters. J. Radiol. Prot. 98 644-656. DOI: 10.1080/09553002.2018.1554923

Golden AP, Ellis ED, Cohen SS, Mumma MT, Leggett RW, Wallace PW, Girardi D, Watkins JP, Shore RE, Boice JD (2022). Updated mortality analysis of the Mallinckrodt uranium processing workers, 1942–2012. J. Radiol. Prot. 98 701-721. DOI: 10.1080/09553002.2019.1569773

Boice Jr. JD, Cohen SS, Mumma MT, Golden AP, Howard SC, Girardi DJ, Ellis ED, Bellamy MB, Dauer LT, Samuels C, Eckerman KF, Leggett RW (2022). Mortality among workers at the Los Alamos National Laboratory, 1943–2017. J. Radiol. Prot. 98 722-749. DOI: 10.1080/09553002.2021.1917784

Griffin KT, Eckerman KF, Manger RP, Jokisch DW, Bolch WE, Hertel NE. (2022). Specific absorbed fractions for spontaneous fission neutron emitters in the ICRP reference pediatric voxel phantom series. Health Physics 123(4):278-286; DOI: 10.1097/HP.0000000000001594.

Choi C, Shin B, Yoom YS, Nguyen TT, Han H, Kim S, Son G, Moon S, Kim H, Kim CH, Bolch WE, Jokisch DW, Lee C, Chung BS. (2022). Development of alimentary tract organs for ICRP pediatric mesh-type reference computational phantoms. J. Radiol. Prot. 42:031508; DOI: 10.1088/1361-6498/ac8683.

Martinez NE, Jokisch DW, Dauer LT, Eckerman KF, Goans RE, Brockman JD, Tolmachev SY, Avtandilashvili M, Mumma MT, Boice Jr. JD, Leggett RW (2022) Radium dial workers: back to the future. J. Radiol. Prot. 98 750-768 DOI: 10.1080/09553002.2021.1917785

Boice Jr. JD, Quinn B, Al-Nabulsi I, Ansari A, Blake PK, Blattnig SR, Caffrey EA, Cohen SS, Golden AP, Held KD, Jokisch DW, Leggett RW, Mumma MT, Samuels C, Till JE, Tolmachev SY, Yoder RC, Zhou JY, Dauer LT (2022). A million persons, a million dreams: a vision for a national center of radiation epidemiology and biology. J. Radiol. Prot. 98 795-821 DOI: 10.1080/09553002.2021.1988183

Subramanian S, He B, Frey E, Jokisch DW, Bolch W, Poethko T, Hennekes H, Cleton A, Johanssen S, Sgouros G. (2022). Improved accuracy of S-value based dosimetry: a guide to transition from Cristy-Eckerman to ICRP adult phantoms. European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging Physics https://doi.org/10.1186/s40658-022-00485-9; 2022.

Paquet F, Leggett RW, Blanchardon E, Bailey MR, Gregoratto D, Smith T, Ratia G, Davesne E, Berkovski V, Harrison JD (2022) Occupational Intakes of Radionuclides: Part 5. ICRP Publication 151. Ann. ICRP 51 (1–2)

Leggett RW, Samuels C (2022). Basis for the ICRP's updated biokinetic model for systemic astatine. J. Radiol. Prot. 42 021502 DOI: 10.1088/1361-6498/ac48e2

2021

Samuels C, Leggett R (2021). A biokinetic model for systemic sodium. J. Radiol. Prot. 41, 1045. DOI: 10.1088/1361-6498/ac1499

Martinez NE. (2021). Ethics and values surrounding the radiation protection of animals. Health Physics 121:58-63 DOI: 10.1097/HP.0000000000001410

Martinez N, Easterly CE, Eckerman KF, Hiller M, Jokisch D, Samuels C, Ward R, Leggett RW (2021). Quality Assurance Plan for Federal Guidance Report 16. ORNL/TM-2021/2008. Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States).

Schwarz BC, Godwin WJ, Wayson MB, Dewji SA, Jokisch DW, Lee C, Bolch WE. (2021). Specific absorbed fractions for a revised series of the UF/NCI pediatric reference phantoms: internal photon sources. Physics in Medicine and Biology 66(3):035006 doi:10.1088/1361-6560/abc708