Table 7-1 Guidelines for Control of Emergency Exposures

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Module 7: Radiological Emergencies

Instructor's Notes

Table 7-1

Guidelines for Control of Emergency Exposures

Dose

limit1

Activity performed

Conditions

(whole

body)

5 rem

All activities

10 rem

Protecting major property.

Where lower dose

limit is not

25 rem

Lifesaving or protection of large

practicable.

populations.

>25 rem

Lifesaving or protection of large

Only on a voluntary

populations.

basis to personnel

fully aware of the

risks involved.

The lens of the eye dose guideline is three times the listed values. The shallow

dose guideline to the skin of the whole body and the extremities is 10 times the

listed values. These doses are in addition to and accounted for separately from the

doses received under the limits in 835.202 and 835.205.

Site administrative emergency dose guidelines for rescue

EO4 State the site

and recovery operations.

administrative emergency

radiation dose guidelines.

(Insert facility-specific information.)

III.

SUMMARY

(Insert facility-specific information.)

EVALUATION

IV.

(Insert facility-specific information.)

Refer to RWT Program

Management Guide for

evaluation guidance.