TABLE 4
FEDERAL RADIATION
PROTECTION STANDARDS
1. WHOLE-BODY’
POPULATION STANDARDS
MEAN ANNUAL DOSE ...................--- 0.17 rem PER PERSON
MAXIMUM ANNUAL DOSE ................. 0.50 rem PER PERSON
MEAN 30-YEAR CUMULATIVE DOSE ....... 5.00 rem PER PERSON
OCCUPATIONAL STANDARD
ANNUAL DOSE ..............00ccccccceeeeeeees 5 rem PER WORKER
(OVER 18 YEARS OLD)
2. DRINKING WATER’
CESIUM-137 ..... cette eee eee 200 pCi/LITER
STRONTIUM-90 ...... ccc eee eee eee vce e cence eens 8 pCi/LITER
ANNUAL TOTAL CONTRIBUTION
;
TO WHOLE-BODY DOSE ...... 0... ccc eee eens .004 rem
30-YEAR TOTAL CONTRIBUTION ...................5.fee eee .120 rem
Whole-body equivalent doses (18).
References 19, 20.
For one radionuclide. When more than one is.present, the standards are
reduced proportionally.
.The total contribution to the whole-body
equivalent dose shall not be more than .004 rem, annually.
In the Marshall
it is 250 mg/l.
5006048
Islands the chloride standard is 400 mg/l, in the U.S.
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