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Dear Franz, I agree with you, the Communication
(Official Journal of the European Communities 30.4.98) concerning
the implementation of Council Directive 96/29/Euratom laying down basic safety
standards for the protection of the health of the workers and the general public
against the dangers arising from ionizing radiation in its article, 54,
states: Article 54 Under Article 33(3) of the Euratom Treaty,
the Member States are required to communicate to the Commission any draft
legislative, regulatory and administrative provision intended to ensure
compliance with the basic safety standards. As a result of Article 54 of the
Directive, in the case a Member State is to adopt stricter dose limits, it has
also to inform the other Member States. The Commission would normally be
notified under Article 33 of the Treaty. I do believe the
Bjorn's remarks were to the application of Dose constraints. Dose constraints may be established and used
according sources as help for optimizing protection in the design or in the
planning stage. Authorities, particularly in the context of public exposure, may
also establish them. They may be matters for discussions case by case and
authorities, specially where transitory and prolonged exposures are combined. A
guide on the utilization of Considerations of the Concept of Dose Constraints
was written by a joint group of experts from the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency and
from the European Commission, published by the OECD in 1996. I do believe is a
very important document to help professionals and users to understand the
meaning and Regulatory Authority to apply the concept. If colleagues wish a
copy, please send me a pvt e-mail and I'll send a pdf format by
separate e-mail. - Finally, as you mention, The Directive has decreased the effective dose limit for members of the public from 5mSv to 1mSv in a year; in special circumstances, a higher effective dose may be authorized in a single year, provided that the average over five consecutive years does not exceed 1mSv per year. So, in terms of dose limits better to discuss 100 mrem x 500 mrem, this is the real fact of limit! Regards Jose Julio Rozental
Israel
----- Original Message -----
From: Franz Schoenhofer <franz.schoenhofer@CHELLO.AT>
To: Bjorn Cedervall <bcradsafers@HOTMAIL.COM>; <radsafe@list.vanderbilt.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2002 7:37
PM
Subject: Re: dose limits for members of the
public -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: Bjorn Cedervall <bcradsafers@HOTMAIL.COM> An: radsafe@list.vanderbilt.edu <radsafe@list.vanderbilt.edu> Datum: Dienstag, 12. Februar 2002 03:36 Betreff: Re: dose limits for members of the public >>It may be of general interest to the Radsafers group to know (unless I >>mentioned it earlier) that we now are heading for 0.01 mSv/yr - the >>decision was taken three months ago. >--- ----------------------------------------------------- ???????? Sweden is a member of the European Union. The maximum permissible dose (rate) is 1 mSv/a for member of the publics and this had to be implemented into national law. Sweden has implemented it. If a member state would like to set different limits (not only regarding doses!), it has to provide the European Commission with an explanation of the reason, why it wants to do that. It is not thinkable, that the Commission and the other states would accept a dose limit of 0.01 mSv per year. Moreover I would like to know, how this could be controlled - with backgrounds of at least 1 mSv/a! Franz ************************************************************************ You are currently subscribed to the Radsafe mailing list. To unsubscribe, send an e-mail to Majordomo@list.vanderbilt.edu Put the text "unsubscribe radsafe" (no quote marks) in the body of the e-mail, with no subject line. You can view the Radsafe archives at http://www.vanderbilt.edu/radsafe/ |