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1953 the following recommendation was made,
"It is recommended, and found to be in conforaity witn the present
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principles of determining perwissiile excosure linits, that for test
operatioa persomel the total [ody gacma exposure te linited to 3.9r in
tirteen weeks, and trat te same Migure te aprlied to the off-site com
monities wit: tre furt er qualification in t.e latter case that tis is
tre total figure for t.e year,
sorties in ary given year.*
In general, tis imlies a single test
On the hasis of tis recomme:dation ard t.e reasoning discussed uncer
Policy I, toe eriteria for estimating t:e wole -ody gaa effective clolopical
dose are summarised in Ta‘le ¥,
It will te noted t.at tie (iological factor
included under Policy I 4a omitted in Palicy ¥.
In the first case we are
Gealing with relatively “ig: dosea that may require emergency measures Wit)
t.eir attendant hazards,
It is @ situation where one wishes to estimate all
pertinent factors in evaluating radietio: doses even thour.. te; may not be
known wit. precilsences, ‘efore recommending an emergency action that may
produce greater pro’lens,
In the case of Policy Y one is concerned wit:
relatively lower doses during routing operations, . It would :e@ diffierl: to
justify on the one baad the propos’ tion that weekly doses for ge.eral populations may te integreted and taxes in @ single exposure without pe:mlty sad on
ne ot°er hand that a elven dose received over a period of a year may be administpatively reduced because of tiological repeir,
factor is oni tted,
‘T.erefore, the tdolocical