Re: [Know_Nukes] Re: Rads/rems (formerly radiographer "overexposure")

[William V Lipton <liptonw@DTEENERGY.COM>]

My understanding is that the tissue weighting factors are explicitly for

stochastic effects.  The 50 rem organ CDE limit in ICRP30 covers the

nonstochastic effects.



ICRP60 does not need a separate nonstochastic dose limit, since the 2 rem/year

TEDE would prevent any organ from exceeding the stochastic limit.  This limit

is still implied, however.



The opinions expressed are strictly mine.

It's not about dose, it's about trust.

Curies forever.



Bill Lipton

liptonw@dteenergy.com





John Jacobus wrote:



> Jim,

> ...



> However, are the

> tissue weighting factors the same for high dose

> exposures as low dose exposures?  Again, the only way

> is to have a large number of people irradiated, but it

> is so hard to get volunteers for high dose, whole body

> irradiations.





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