New Stochastic Annual Limits on Intake for Selected Radionuclides

Carbaugh, Eugene H.

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (U.S.)

关键词: Dose Limits;    Annual Limit Of Intake;    Radiation Protection;    Dose Limit;    Effective Dose;   

DOI  :  10.2172/989052
RP-ID  :  PNNL-18690
RP-ID  :  AC05-76RL01830
RP-ID  :  989052

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来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

Annual limits on intake (ALI) have historically been tabulated by the International Commission on Radiological Protection (e.g., ICRP 1979, 1961) and also by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA 1988). These compilations have been rendered obsolete by more recent ICRP dosimetry methods, and, rather than provide new ALIs, the ICRP has opted instead to provide committed dose coefficients from which an ALI can be determined by a user for a specific set of conditions. The U.S. Department of Energy historically has referenced compilations of ALIs and has defined their method of calculation in its radiation protection regulation (10 CFDR 835), but has never provided a specific compilation. Under June 2007 amendments to 10 CFR 835, ALIs can be calculated by dividing an appropriate dose limit, either 5-rem (0.05 Sv) effective dose or 50 rem (0.5 Sv) equivalent dose to an individual organ or tissue, by an appropriate committed dose coefficient. When based on effective dose, the ALI is often referred to as a stochastic annual limit on intake (SALI), and when based on the individual organ or tissue equivalent limit, it has often been called a deterministic annual limit on intake (DALI).