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TABLE I

Existing Occupational Exposure Guidelines
that Apply to Pu-239 in Insoluble Form*

MPLD

(ICRP, NCRP, FRC)

MPLB

MPCa_
*Note:

15 rem/yr
0.016 uci

(ICRP, AEC)

4xi10711 uCci/ml-

See Glossary for definitions of symbols.

The expdsure guidelines for Pu-239 that apply to non- >

occupational exposure of the general publicare tabulated in
Table II.

Two guidelines are applied here.

One is for the

limiting exposure to an individual and the other is for the
average exposure of a population sample.
differ by a factor of 3.

These two guidelines

The ICRP recommendations include only

the guidelines For individuals.

The MPLD values within the

parentheses in Table II correspond to the latest recommendation

of the Nerp2?,

These latest recommendations of the NCRP

have not, at this time, been incorporated into either the

AEC or EPA regulations.

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NCRP Report No. 39, Op. cit., p. 95.

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