Re: Contamination Limit On Protective Clothing

[R.Smart@unsw.edu.au (Richard Smart)]

Sung-Jun Maeng asked:
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>Is there anybody out there who could help me look for 
>contamination limit on protective clothing and its basis?


There is a new Code in Australia: NHMRC Radiation Health Series 38
"Recommended limits on radioactive contamination on surfaces in laboratories
(1995)" This sets out the limits dependent on radiotoxicity, and the
modifying factors depending on the surface, which is 1 for protective clothing.

Examples: 
Am-241  0.1 Bq/cm2
U-235   1 Bq/cm2
Sr-90    10 Bq/cm2
P-32    100 Bq/cm2
I-131    100 Bq/cm2
C-14   1000 Bq/cm2
Cr-51  1000 Bq/cm2
Tc-99m 1000 Bq/cm2


Richard Smart PhD
Department of Nuclear Medicine
St. George Hospital
Kogarah, NSW 2217
Australia
Tel:61 2 350 3112
Fax:61 2 350 3991
Email:R.Smart@unsw.edu.au