Submitted by Sneha Chandrasekhar, Radiological Physics and Advisory Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai, India Commenting as an individual
The document is most essential and answers several questions regarding calculation of detriment. Specific comments:
Though it is stated that the lethality fraction has very high sensitivity, it is also mentioned that the same has been derived from the data of US alone. It is not clear whether other countries data matches that of US or whether there are very significant differences in data between countries. Giving this additional information would make it easier to understand the sensitivity of the factor.
The age-wise distribution of population seems to vary significantly for less than 25 years and more than 65 years of age. Therefore, it appears that this variation should affect the category of general public (0-84) much more than radiation workers (18-64). The sensitivity of detriment calculation to demographic variations is not specifically given. This may be useful in local situations where demographics may be significantly different from the national demographics.