Assessment of the radiological impact on the population of the European Union of discharges from European Union nuclear sites between 1987 and 1996

This report presents information on the radiological impact of routine discharges from nuclear sites located in the European Union (EU). The assessment was performed using a revised and updated methodology, implemented as a computer program called PC CREAM. Calculations of collective doses truncated at 500 years and individual doses indicative of those received by members of the critical group have been performed for discharges occurring in the period 1987 to 1996. Exposures are broken down by site and form of discharge ie liquid and atmospheric. More detailed results including radionuclide and pathway breakdowns of individual and collective doses are available in the annexes.