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Data on results of personnel
monitoring reported to the ©
Comaission pursuant to §20.407,
10 CFR Part 20, for calendar year
1973, indicate that 67,862
individuals were monitored, 29,169
received measurable exposures
averaging 0.73 rem for the year,
and 3,425 individuals (11.8 percent of those receiving measurable
exposures) had estimated exposures
in excess of 2 rems.20/
If M in the preposed regulations were set at 55 years
and X at 3 rem/year,
would be achieved.
the necessary reduction in cancer fatalities
If the work force has the same distribution
some 16% would be over 55 years old
indicetes that only
exposed above
Ii M were
’
set at 45 and X
ren/year, the cancer reduction would be achieved, and som2 373%
*
ula be expected to be above 45.
9°
of the work force c
latter case, by limiting the exposure of workers over 45
0.5
rem for
workers
2
in any one vear)
could receive
(12%
of the work
3.5 rem in the third veac.
force
Moreover,
Since there is gecad reason to believe that the present
excosures are not as low as pvacticable,
the industry should
noc have great difficulty in conforming to these proposed
reculations.
26/°fbid., 3.75).