AW: [ RadSafe ] IAEA DACs

[Franz Schönhofer]

Joel,

I think one has to very careful when comparing "limits". I do not know,
whether the DACs of NRC have any legal power (I guess they have), any
"limits" attributed to the IAEA do not! The IAEA can only make
recommendations as well as other international organisations like the ICRP
or the WHO. Living in a real world one has to follow the legislation of ones
country. In many cases the recommendations are considered or even implanted
into legislation, but not in all countries. After the Chernobyl accident the
WHO recommendations on maximum contaminant levels of food were not followed
all over Europe. 

Best regards,

Franz

Franz Schoenhofer
PhD, MR iR
Habicherg. 31/7
A-1160 Vienna
AUSTRIA
phone -43-0699-1168-1319


> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: radsafe-bounces at radlab.nl [mailto:radsafe-bounces at radlab.nl] Im
> Auftrag von Cehn at aol.com
> Gesendet: Dienstag, 07. Februar 2006 08:11
> An: radsafe at radlab.nl
> Betreff: [ RadSafe ] IAEA DACs
> 
> Has anyone else noticed the difference in airborne limits (DACs) between
> NRC
> and IAEA?  The IAEA are newer, out in 1999, and may use more recent
> modeling
> data.  They are calculated based on 2 rem/yr (20 mSv/yr) but that  doesn't
> begin to account for the difference.
> 
> 
> Joel I. Cehn,  CHP
> 
> 
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