1. Select Scenario and Media.
Select one of the land use scenarios under the "Select Scenario" list.
Select one or more media to assess under the "Select Media" list.
2. Select Radionuclides Data Source.
There are two choices here: "Database hierarchy defaults" and "User-provided".
If you select "Database hierarchy defaults," calculations will be done using our default toxicity values and radinuclide-specific parameters.
If you select "User-provided", you will be able to edit the default toxicity values and radionclide-specific parameters after clicking "Retrieve (new tab)" at the bottom of the form.
3. Select Units.
Select the desired units for output (pCi or Bq).
4. Select Radionuclides of Interest.
Select individual radionuclides of Interest by first clicking in the box, then either scroll through the list or type the radioculide name. Click on the highlighted name to add it to the list.
You may clear all selected radionuclides by clicking the "clear all selections" button.
5. Display Risk Output in Percentage.
To facilitate finding radionculides driving the risk, there is an option to Display Risk Output in Percentage. If selected, results based on percentage will be in a table after the results based on risk. See full user guide for more information.
6. Click "Retrieve (new tab)."
After clicking "Retrieve (new tab)" the next page will allow you to enter your media concentrations and edit any default exposure parameters.
If "User-provided" was selected in step 2, you will be able to edit default toxicity values and radionuclide-specific parameters.
At the bottom of this page, click "Retrieve (new tab)" to get the results.
Pressing "Clear" on the bottom of this page will reset all parameters to default values.
7. Review and Export Results.
At the top of the final page there are options to "Output to XLS" and "Output to PDF".
Input parameters and Risk results for each media selected are presented.
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