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justifiable.
AVAILABLE STANDARDS
This section provides a general description of the current radiation protection standards, their sources and application that have
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Federal Radiation Council, FRC.
The FRC was established in 1959
to advise the President and to provide guidance for U.S. Federal agencies
in their radiation protection.activities.
Basic numerical standards and
health protection philosophy are very similar to that of the International Commission on Radiological Protection, ICRP.
Numerical cri-
teria and supporting material are provided for, (1) exposure of individuals and of population groups where actions are directed primarily
at control of the source of radioactivity, these are the Radtation
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Protection Guides, RPG's, (2) exposure of individuals and population
groups to radioactivity from an unplanned release where action is
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taken in the production and use of foods, these are the Protective Action
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Guides, PAG's.
for Federal use.
term "Radiation Protection Guides" has been adopted
This is the dose that should not be exceeded without
careful consideration of the reasons for doing so.
Every effort should
be made to encourage the maintenance of radiation doses as far below
this guide as practicable.
peacetime operations.
The RPG's are intended for use with normal
However, there should not be any man-made radia-
tion exposure without expectation of benefits from such exposure gh