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A comparison of values of annual limits on intake presented in ICRP 61 and 10 CFR part 20
1Department of Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences, University of Michigan, North Campus, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2104, USA.
Abstract:
The latest (1991) major revision of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission regulations incorporates internal dose concepts and primary and secondary dose limits adapted from the recommendations of the International Commission on Radiation Protection Publication 30 published in 1979. This work compares values of the Annual Limits on Intake (ALIs) reported in the latest U.S. regulations with those recommended in the more recent, 1990, International Commission on Radiation Protection Publication 61. Overall trends in the updated ALI values compared to those in the regulations, as well as radionuclides exhibiting greater than +/-50% changes in these values, after correcting for differences in the primary dose limits, are reported.