RELATIONSHIPS OF STANDARDS CRITERIA
STAGE

PERTINENT FACTORS

EFFLUENT
RELEASES

(A)

RELEASE GUIDES, OPERATING
LIMITS
METEOROLOGY, BIOLOGY, HYDROLOGY, PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL
FORMS, CONCENTRATION FACTORS

DISPERSION AND/OR
RECONCENTRATION

(B)

CONCENTRATION GUIDES,
CONTAMINATION LIMITS
EXPOSURE PERIODS, CONSUMPTION
RATES

INTAKE AND
EXPOSURE

(C)

INTAKE RANGES -- FRC;
ANNUAL LIMITS OF INTAKE-- ICRP
UPTAKE AND ABSORPTION FACTORS,
DISTRIBUTIONS IN BODY, BIOLOGICAL HALF-LIVES, BODY
DIMENSIONS, RADIATION TYPES
AND ENERGIES

DOSE

_(D)
HEALTH EFFECTS

STANDARDS CRITERIA

DOSE LIMITS --ICRP AND NCRP
PUBLICATIONS
DOE ORDER 5480.1A
NRC (10 CFR 20 etc.)
EPA (40 CFR 190etc.)
DOSE/RESPONSE RELATIONSHIPS,
INDIVIDUAL VARIATIONS
RISK/PROBABILITY
(ICRP NO. 26)
(EPA - TRU IN SOIL)

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