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WORLDWIDE EFFECTS OF ATOMIC WEAPONS
APPENDIX V
Applied Physlology
CARBON DIOXIDE CONTENT OF AIR
The average data for normal activity in a temperate zoneare given
below.
(By volume)
1. Water balance:
.
'
DAILY
WATER
95
Inhaled air (dry, at sea level) 202,
Alveolar air... 0
INTAKE
Exhaled
(In liters)
i
P
“reen
t
0.03
5.5
4.0
In food, including water of oxidation ...............
1.0
As fluids ..00 eee eee 1.5
Duration of Exposure
TOTAL eee eee 2.5
1. Duration of Occupational Exposure: The follow
ing figures have been
adopted in calculations appertaining to occupational exposur
e:
Calculations of maximum permissible levels for radioactive
isotopes in water
have been based on thetotal intake figure of 2.5 liters per day.
8 hr/day,
50 weeks/year.
2. Duration of “Lifetime” for Nonoccupational Exposu
re: A conventional
DAILY WATER OUTPUT
figure of 70 years has been adopted.
(In liters)
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ae lungs 2.0 eee eee.
In feces 2... cece eee eee,
Urine 2 cece cece ee.
0.5
01
Maximum Permissible Levels for Occupational Exposu
re to Certain Isotopes
0.1
1.5
rr 2.5
Torat Water ConTENT oF Boy ............., 30
Maximum Permissible
Amount in Body
2. Respiration:
Isotope
H3
C' (asCO,) (inair))
Na?4
ps2
AREA OF RESPIRATORY TRACT
(In square meters)
;
.
.
Respiratory interchange area ....................... 50
Nonrespiratory area (upper tract and
trachea to bronchioles) .......................... 20
TOTAL
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RESPIRATORY EXCHANGE
Physical
Activity
At work
Notat work
40 hr/week,
Hours per
Day
8
16
Tidal Air
(liters)
1.0°
0.5
Respirations
per Minute
20
20
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yusi
Coe
70
AM
.
Volume per
8 Hours
(cu m)
10
5 I
—
(ac)
Maximum Perraissible Maximum Permissible
Concentration in
Concentration in
Air (24-hr day)
Y
1X 10-4
6...
15
10
5 X 190-5
1X tO®
3X 10-8
1X 10-7
3X 10-8
7X 190-9
(cum)
20
,
rX1-e@
fool.
Ker
1X 10°5
beeen
Tt
'
3X 10-8
1X 10-5
eee,
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Volume
per Day
{uc/cc)
4X 107
ff,
8 X 10-3
2X 104
a
0.18 (thyroid)
} 0.3 (body)
1
DE
Te
(afcc)
Drinking Water
U?83 (soluble)
U?44 (insoluble)
S190 + yoo
(in equilibrium)
$188
Po210
3X108
01
8X 19-12
0.04
0.4
0.008
.
2 X 10-2
8X 19-10
16X10
fd.
410-8
1.5 X 10-8
1.5 X 10+
Pn,
1.
2 X 19-10
8X 10-7
CO
0.005
Lf,
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