and guidance [or tne pocentialily nigniy expyuseu sznuivauuar watita cuae population.> FEDERAL GUIDANCE Radiation Protection Guides for the U.S. were approved by the President and are used by federal agencies in their radiation protection activities. These guides specify the radiation dose that should not - 4Report No. 1, Background Material for the Development of Radiation Protection Standards, Staff Report of the Federal Radiation Council, U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare, May 13, 1960, pg. 27. 5The "maximum annual dose" refers to the dose in that year in which the exposure of the average individual is greatest, taking into account the buildup and the removal and decay of radionuclides in the body. The majority of the highly exposed individuals within this population are assumed not to receive an annual exposure more than a factor of three greater. .