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Introduction to Health Physics: Fourth Edition - Ruang Baca FMIPA UB

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INTERNAL RADIATION SAFETY 619<br />

In this regard, the ICRP says that in cases where there are specific data showing that<br />

the behavior of any specific material differs significantly from that of the dosimetric<br />

model used, then changes should be made in the application of the model <strong>to</strong> make<br />

the model compatible with the specific data.<br />

W Example 11.6<br />

14 CO will be produced in a pilot study in which excess H2SO4 will react with H- 14 CO-<br />

ONa, whose specific activity is 47.5 MBq (1.28 mCi) per mmol, <strong>to</strong> produce 14 CO. The<br />

OSHA permissible exposure level (PEL) for CO gas, based on its chemical <strong>to</strong>xicity,<br />

is 35 ppm for occupational exposure. The DAC for occupational exposure <strong>to</strong> 14 CO<br />

is listed in 10 CFR 20, Appendix B, Table 1, as 7 × 10 −4 μCi/mL (26 MBq/m 3 ).<br />

(a) Will the industrial hygiene control that limits CO <strong>to</strong> 35 ppm be sufficient <strong>to</strong><br />

meet the regula<strong>to</strong>ry requirements for radiological safety?<br />

(b) The industrial hygienist, believing that control of the 14 CO according <strong>to</strong> the<br />

chemical PEL is sufficient for the radiological hazard, allows a chemical engineer<br />

<strong>to</strong> be exposed <strong>to</strong> 35 ppm of the 14 CO for a period of 2 hours. What is<br />

the chemical engineer’s dose commitment as a result of his exposure?<br />

Solution<br />

(a) The molar concentration of CO in the atmosphere corresponding <strong>to</strong> 35 ppm is<br />

35 ppm =<br />

35 mol CO<br />

10 6 mol atmosphere<br />

mol CO<br />

= 3.5 × 10−5<br />

mol atmosphere .<br />

Since there is one carbon a<strong>to</strong>m per molecule of sodium formate and also only<br />

one carbon a<strong>to</strong>m per CO molecule, the specific activity of the tagged 14 CO<br />

will also be 47.5 MBq (1.28 mCi) per mmol. The radioactivity concentration<br />

corresponding <strong>to</strong> 35 ppm is therefore<br />

−5 mol CO<br />

Bq<br />

3.5 × 10 × 47.5 × 109<br />

mol atm<br />

m3<br />

mol CO<br />

22.4 × 10−3 mol atm<br />

= 7.4 × 10 7 Bq/m 3 −3<br />

2 × 10 μCi/mL .<br />

Use of industrial hygiene criteria would, in this case, lead <strong>to</strong> an atmospheric<br />

concentration of 14 CO that is<br />

2 × 10−3 μCi/mL<br />

7 × 10 −4 = 2.9<br />

μCi/mL<br />

times the DAC limit for continuous exposure.<br />

(b) In order <strong>to</strong> calculate the absorbed dose, certain facts must be known about<br />

the physiological behavior of CO. When CO is inhaled, it diffuses across the

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