Radiation Exposure and Occupational Risks

Christian Streffer

ISBN 10: 3642838049 / ISBN 13: 9783642838040

Published by Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2012

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Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - The aim of radiation protection standards is to make the radiation workplace as safe as is humanly possible. The gradual evolution over the last 20 years has been towards a more precise definition of the limits for occupational exposure. These have been created not only in terms of short-term effects but also more importantly in terms of long-term risks involving such problems as the potential for carcinogenesis and genetic change. In the United States the National Committee for Radiation Protection has recom mended that 5 rems (50 mSv) should remain as the maximum permissible dose equiva lent for total body exposure. This would represent the sum of internal and external ex posure and should be regarded as the upper limit allowed. The community of radiation users is required to conduct its operations in such a man ner that the absolute value of the individual's dose equivalent in rems does not exceed his age in years. There should be additional limits for tissues and organs based on short term effects. Therefore, individual organs are limited to dose equivalents low enough to ensure that the dose threshold values are not exceeded.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Radiation Exposure and Occupational Risks
• Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
• Publication Date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3642838049
• ISBN 13: 9783642838040
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 270W x 193H x 10D millimeters 270 millimeters width by 193 millimeters height by 10 millimeters depth
• Weight: 379 grams

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Synopsis

The aim of radiation protection standards is to make the radiation workplace as safe as is humanly possible. The gradual evolution over the last 20 years has been towards a more precise definition of the limits for occupational exposure. These have been created not only in terms of short-term effects but also more importantly in terms of long-term risks involving such problems as the potential for carcinogenesis and genetic change. In the United States the National Committee for Radiation Protection has recom­ mended that 5 rems (50 mSv) should remain as the maximum permissible dose equiva­ lent for total body exposure. This would represent the sum of internal and external ex­ posure and should be regarded as the upper limit allowed. The community of radiation users is required to conduct its operations in such a man­ ner that the absolute value of the individual's dose equivalent in rems does not exceed his age in years. There should be additional limits for tissues and organs based on short­ term effects. Therefore, individual organs are limited to dose equivalents low enough to ensure that the dose threshold values are not exceeded.