BAIR COMMITTEE
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SEPTEMBER 7, 1979
IF IT IS ASSUMED THAT 15% OF THEIR TIME IS SPENT ON THE
NORTHERN ISLANDS, AND THAT 10% OF THEIR TOTAL INTAKE OF COCONUT
MEAT/MILK ORIGINATES FROM THE COCONUT TREES OF THE NORTHEASTERN
ISLANDS, THE CALCULATED RADIATION EXPOSURE LEVELS ARE:
MAXIMUM INOTVIDUAL
30-YEARS
WITH TMPORTED FOOD
28 MILLIRCM/YEAR
250 MILLIREM - BUNE MARROW
200 MILLIREM ~- WHOLE BODY
WITHOUT IMPORTED FOOD
51 MILLIREM/YEAR
460 MILLIREM - BONE MARROW
270 MILLIREM - WHOLE BODY
FOR PURPOSES OF REFERENCE, IT MAY BE RECALLED THAT U.S. EXPOSURE
CRITERIA ARE:
MAXIMUM EXPOSURE TQ AN INDIVIDUAL IN ANY ONE YEAR:
INTEGRATED 30-YEAR EXPOSURE LEVEL:
500 MILLIREM
5000 MILLIREM
.
BECAUSE OF THE UNCERTAINTIES AND ASSUMPTIONS WHICH ARE INHERENT
IN DERIVING RADIATION EXPOSURE ESTIMATES OF THIS NATURE, THE ATOMIC
ENERGY COMMISSION TASK GROUP REPORT RECOMMENDED THE FOLLOWING
EXPOSURE LIMITS FOR PLANNING AND CLEANUP PURPOSES:
MAXIMUM EXPOSURE TO AN INDIVIDUAL IN ANY ONE YEAR:
INTEGRATED 30-YEAR EXPOSURE LEVEL:
250 MILLIREM
4000 MILLIREM
GIVEN THE ASSUMPTIONS STATED, IT IS APPARENT THAT ALL OF THE
RADIATION EXPOSURE VALUES ARE COMPATIBLE WITH BOTH THE U.S. EXPOSURE
GUIDANCE AND THE AEC RECOMMENDATIONS.
I HOPE THAT THIS INFORMATION IS HELPFUL TO YOU AND RESPONSIVE TO
YOUR REQUEST.