RADIOACTIVITY STANDARDS FOR WATER

Journal Article · Sat Jun 01 04:00:00 EDT 1963 · Journal American Water Works Association (U.S.)

OSTI ID:4687709

Tsivoglou, E C; Burke, Jr, G W

No conflict appears among the most recent numerical recommendations of the International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP), the National Committee on Radiation Protection of the National Bureau of Standards (NCRP), the Federal Radiation Council (FRC), and the U. S. Public Health Service (USPHS) in regard to standards for the protection of water quality from radioactive contamination. The unanimous recommendation of all of the above advisory groups is that all human radiation exposure should be reduced and minimized to whatever extent this is reasonable and practical. In any particular case, radioactive water quality protection should be based primarily upon a determination of the exposure of those individual persons most likely to ingest the largest quantities of radioactivity. This approach should greatly facilitate and expedite control in specific situations, and should encourage regulatory agencies to assume full responsibility in this area. The principles of pollution control that are outiined may be applied in the control of other kinds of pollutant as well. A period exists in which the greatest concern must be for chronic exposure to trace quantities of a variety of agents, the effects of which will be years in appearing and, even then, difficult to perceive. Hence, the principles and methods developed to control radioactive pollution, which occurs in trace quantities, will prove directly applicable to other pollutants as well, especially the primary principle of minimum exposure. (auth)

• Research Organization: Robert A. Taft Engineering Center, Cincinnati
• NSA Number: NSA-17-027613
• OSTI ID: 4687709
• Journal Information: Journal American Water Works Association (U.S.), Journal Name: Journal American Water Works Association (U.S.) Vol. Vol: 55; ISSN JAWWA
• Country of Publication: Country unknown/Code not available
• Language: English

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CONTAMINATION
CONTROL
HEALTH AND SAFETY
MAN
MONITORING
NUMERICALS
RADIATION DOSES
RADIATION PROTECTION
SAFETY
STANDARDS
WATER