RE: Dose limits for emergency workers (was Dirty Bomb)

[Jack_Earley@RL.GOV]

DOE included these criteria in their radiological control manual: 10 rem to

protect major property, 25 rem or greater for lifesaving or to protect major

populations (used to be 25 rem for major equipment and 75 rem for

lifesaving). DOE RCM link:



http://tis.eh.doe.gov/docs/rcm/ch2a.html



Jack Earley

Radiological Engineer





-----Original Message-----

From: Kai Kaletsch [mailto:info@eic.nu]

Sent: Monday, June 17, 2002 6:05 AM

To: Ted Rockwell

Cc: RadSafe

Subject: Dose limits for emergency workers (was Dirty Bomb)





Ted and all,



I am not familiar with the 25 rem guidance. (My bg is in mining and acute

exposures are not usually an issue.) Do you have a reference? Is this value

based on some international guidance or does it apply to US only? Does this

apply to life and death situations only, or are significant property loss

situations included?



Is there a (short) justification for this level in terms of health effects?

(I'm writing a FAQ for a wristwatch + DRD combination and don't

know at what level people should set the cumulative dose alarm. [see

http://members.shaw.ca/GammaWatch/FAQ.htm second last question] )



Thanks,

Kai



----- Original Message -----

From: "Ted Rockwell" <tedrock@CPCUG.ORG>

To: <epirad@mchsi.com>; <AndrewsJP@AOL.COM>

Cc: <radsafe@list.vanderbilt.edu>

Sent: Tuesday, June 11, 2002 10:57 AM

Subject: RE: Dirty Bomb - CNN Accuracy?



>.... If, instead, the NRC's emergency

> one-time dose of 25 rem is accepted as tolerable under these

circumstances,

> then such an event could be brushed off as an inconvenient nuisance.  ....



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