[ RadSafe ] RF Safety Standards

[Mercado, Don]

Greetings all,

I'm in the midst of rewriting RF safety standards for our company. I'm
trying to use the IEEE C95.1, 1999 Edition std. to do that. An objection
to the use of  separate "controlled" vs. uncontrolled" area exposure
limits has arisen, and I'm supposed to find out what other companies are
doing with that concept.

So, if you would be so kind, please tell me what you are doing with the
following in your RF safety standards:

1) Are you using the IEEE C95.1 Standard as your RF safety guide?

2) Do you define "controlled" and "uncontrolled" areas and have separate
exposure limits for each?

3) Do you put the exposure limit tables (Table 1 and Table 2 in the IEEE
Std.) verbatim into your standards?

Please reply to me in private. Thank you 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
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