[ RadSafe ] European Union (EU) Drinking Water Limit for Tritium

[Leo M. Lowe]

Some questions for our European colleagues:

I understand that the EU drinking water limits are based on an 
"indicator dose" of 0.1 mSv/y, excluding tritium, K-40 and radon, and 
an indicator parameter of 100 Bq/L for tritium.

What is the basis for the 100 Bq/L value for tritium?  How was it 
derived? Is it just an indicator that non-background sources are 
potentially present?  Is there a readily-available citation that 
describes this?

Also, if 0.1 mSv/y is just an "indicator dose", what is the EU dose 
limit for drinking water?

Feel free to respond directly to me.

Regards,

Leo M. Lowe, Ph.D., P.Phys.

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