Re: Children in Research Areas

["Sandy Perle" <sandyfl@earthlink.net>]

If the children aren't employees, would they then not fall under the 
Public Dose Limits? In any event, I believe that your ALARA Program, 
and any Procedures and QA Manuals should address the exposure of 
minors, or any individual, for that matter. In the event that limits 
are not exceeded, and I expect that they would not, you could still 
be cited for not providing the most realistic dose limiting factors, 
regardless of who is actually being exposed, be it work related or 
not.

This is what 10 CFR 20 states:

§20.1301 Dose limits for individual members of the public.

(a) Each licensee shall conduct operations so that -- 

(1) The total effective dose equivalent to individual members of the
public from the licensed operation does not exceed 0.1 rem (1
millisievert) in a year, exclusive of the dose contributions from
background radiation, any medical administration the individual has
received, voluntary participation in medical research programs, and
the licensee's disposal of radioactive material into sanitary sewerage
in accordance with §20.2003. 

(2) The dose in any unrestricted area from external sources does not
exceed 0.002 rem (0.02 mSv) in any one hour.

(b) If the licensee permits members of the public to have access to
controlled areas, the limits for members of the public continue to
apply to those individuals.

AND >>>>>>>

(c)(3) The procedures to be followed to maintain the dose as low as 
is reasonably achievable.

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