[ RadSafe ] Dose to Emergency Responders

[howard long]

At www.Nukalert.com is the rational for that keychain radiation monitor and alarm using 100 rem time for its warning chirps, listed on the back,"1 - 0.1 R/hr - 41.6 days ---- 10+ 50+ R/hr < 2.0 hours".
   
  Howard Long 

"NIXON, Grant" <Grant.NIXON at mdsinc.com> wrote:
  Interesting. Consider NCRP 138 - Management of terrorist events
involving radioactive material, Sect 8. Dose limitations and guidance,
part 3 - Exposure Guidance for Emergency Responders? It cites NCRP 116
recommends that exposures should be limited to 0.5 Sv effective dose and
5 Sv skin dose (p. 96) where possible.

Cheers,

Grant

Grant I. Nixon, Ph.D., P.Phys.
Science Specialist (Physics)
Radiation Applications Development Team
Engineering, Development & Compliance
MDS Nordion
447 March Road
Ottawa, ON K2K 1X8
Canada

Tel: +1 613 592 3400 ext. 2869
Fax: +1 613 591 7423

-----Original Message-----
From: radsafe-bounces at radlab.nl [mailto:radsafe-bounces at radlab.nl] On
Behalf Of Mercado, Don
Sent: Thursday, April 05, 2007 4:49 PM
To: radsafe
Subject: [ RadSafe ] Dose to Emergency Responders

All,

I'm looking for a regulatory citation that states the allowable dose
limit to emergency responders in an accident involving radioactive
material. I took a hazmat emergency responder training course yesterday
and they said 25 rem was the limit, but couldn't cite any regulation to
back that up. I've seen in 10 CFR 50.67 where the source term in an
accident at a power plant can be no more than 25 rem, under various
circumstances, but I don't think that applies. 

Can anyone point me in the right direction?

Thanks in advance!

Donald P. Mercado
Radiation Safety Officer
Explosives Safety Officer
Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company
O/9K-2S, B/157
1111 Lockheed Martin Way
Sunnyvale, CA 94089
Ph. (408) 742-0759
Fx. (408) 756-0504
Don.Mercado at lmco.com
"Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of 
arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but 
rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally 
worn out, and loudly proclaiming 
-- WOW!!! -- What a Ride!!!"


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