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RADIATION PROTECTION {STANAARDS) RELEVANT TO ENIWETOK’ GUIDANCE)
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Within the United States essentially all radiation protection activity
is based on issuances of the:
Federal Radiation Council (FRC)
National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements
(NCRP)
International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP)
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(Standardsi adopted and published by these bodies are in regular,
day-to-day use; they provide the bases for judgements and recommendations
pertaining to radiation protection at Eniwetok Atoll in the years ahead as
it relates to cleanup,; rehabilitationand reoccupation of the islands by the
Eniwetok Atoll people.
The material which follows is based on the philosophy
and numerical values contained in ICRP, NCRP and FRC publications, with
the most extensive use being made of the first.
Some details of ICRP,
NCRP and FRC guidance are provided in a concluding section.
Readers are
referred to the various reports, listed as references, for complete guidance
issued by the councils and commission.
RADIOLOGICAL CONSIDERATIONS FOR REOCCUPATION OF ENIWETOK ATOLL
ICRP, NCRP and FRC recommendations must be applied to Eniwetok in
manner different from that used for a proposed nuclear facility or at a
laboratory where radioisotopes or ionizing radiation generating machines
are to be used.
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