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TABLE 4.5 #1
PROJECTED ADULT COMMITTED DOSES (1978-2008)
FOR RESIDENCE ON RONGELAP ISLAND

Radionuclide

Wholebody® /

Red marrow>/

Bone surfaces »/

Liver®/
|

ren

ren

ren

req

62

-62

~62

64

Strontiun-90

021

110

~250

om

Transuranics®/

.010

015

-184

O94

59

59

59

57

1.24

1.32

1.64

Internal:
Cesiun-137

External:

Totals

1.2

®/ Committed effective dose equivalent (standard man) = whole-body dose.
The current guide in the U. S. is 5 rem in 30 years. The type
diet
is assumed.
>b/ I would employ a guide of not more than 30 rem to any one tissu

over

30 years, but due allowance must be made for the doses received by
other tissues (ICRP No. 306).

¢/ Plutonium-239, -240 and americius-241l.

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