Recommended de minimis radiation dose rates for Canada. Report No. INFO-0355

Technical Report · Mon Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1990

OSTI ID:5548778

A de minimis dose or dose rate as used in this report represents a level of risk which is generally accepted as being of no significance to an individual, or in the case of a population, of no significance to society. The report describes the risk of biological effects from radiation; radiation from natural and man-made sources; normal incidences of cancer and genetic defects; initiatives by other agencies in the U.S., the U.K. and internationally; the importance of collective dose and dose rate; assigning values to the de minimis dose rates; and application of the de minimis dose rates.

• Research Organization: Atomic Energy Control Board, Ottawa, ON (Canada). Advisory Committee on Radiological Protection
• OSTI ID: 5548778
• Report Number(s): MIC-91-01054/XAB
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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