Radiation Protection Radiation Protection

Simplified
summary of dose
restrictions
and reference
levels
(in mSv in a year)
100
20
1
0.01
NO INDIVIDUAL/SOCIETAL BENEFIT ABOVE THIS
Emergency Emergency workers
Evacuation/relocation in emergencies
High levels of existing controllable exposures
Information, training, monitoring
DIRECT OR INDIRECT BENEFIT TO THE INDIVIDUAL
Occupational exposure
Sheltering, stable iodine, in emergencies
Existing exposures such as radon
Comforters and carers to patients
Information, training, monitoring or assessment
SOCIETAL, BUT NO INDIVIDUAL DIRECT BENEFIT
Normal situations
No information or training,
No individual dose assessment
Exclusion, exemption, clearance
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