Table 0.5
Daily and Annual Limits on Radionuclide Oral Intake®
Radionuclide
Occupational Exposure
pCi/d
Ba/y*
Ces ium-137
296,000
4 x 106
9870
73,000
1 x 106
2460
3700
5 x 104
123
14800
2x 10°
490
Stront ium-90
Americ ium-241
Plutonium-239
Plutonium-240
General Population
pCi/d
4 Ref. 31 which gives the annual limit of intake (ALI) (Bq) for workers.
We use 1/30th of this value for the general population average.
.074 = daily limit of intake (pCi).
9000129
a
ALI (Bq) x