Table 3-7 Dose Equivalent Limits and Controls

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Module 3: Radiation Limits and Administrative Control Levels

Instructor's Notes

Table 3 -7

Dose Equivalent Limits and Controls

(Optional -- leave chart

blank and have student

DOE Dose

DOE

Facility

complete chart.)

Equivalent

Recommendations

Administrative

Limit

Control Level

rem/year

facility-

Whole body

specific

facility-

Extremity

N/A

specific

Skin & other

facility-

N/A

organs

specific

facility-

Lens of the eye

N/A

specific

Member of the

facility-

0.1

N/A

public

specific

Declared

0.5/gestation

facility-

N/A

pregnant

period

specific

worker

NOTE: 1) The chart is based on limits and control levels for routine conditions. The

limits and control levels are also based on the sum of internal and external dose.

External dose is from sources outside the body. Internal dose is from sources inside the

body. 2) The internal dose reported in a given calendar year is actually the projected

dose the individual will receive over the next 50 years from intakes in that calendar

year. Radioactive material may be inhaled, ingested, or absorbed through the skin or

open wound.

Whole body

Definition

The whole body extends from the top of the head down

to just below the elbow and just below the knee. This is

the location of most of the blood-producing and vital

organs.