Table 8.

CASTLE Maximum Permissible Limits for radiation expasure4.

Personne]
Skin

0.001 R/hr (about 1,000 CPM)
30 rep (8) for the operational

Hands

period

Clothing
Outer clothing

0.007 R/hr

Under clothing

0.002 R/hr

Vehicles and equipment
Vehicles,

interior surfaces

0.007 R/hr (B and y)

Vehicles, exterior surfaces

0.007 R/hr (y only measured at
5 to 6 inches; 13 to 15 cm)

Ships and boats, fixed alpha

2,500 DPM/150 cm2 for enclosed
areas
5,000 DPM/150 cm2 for open
surfaces

Ships and boats, final clearance

0.015 R/day (= 0.0006 R/hr) (no a)

Aircraft, cloud tracking

3.0 R/hr

Aircraft, occupied section

0.007 R/hr

Respirators, interior surfaces

0.002 R/hr

Air

Particles smaller than 5 microns

10-6 pCi/cc (8 and y 24-hr average)

Particles larger than 5 microns

10-4 wCi/cc (8 and y 24-hr average)

Total

5 x 10-12 uci/ce (a only)

Water (potable)

5 x 10-3 yCi/ec (8 and y calculated

at 3 days after burst)

10-7 wCi/ec (a only)
Note:

The acronyms CPM, rep, and DPM are defined in the glossary (Appendix B).
Source:

Reference 19, Annex I.

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