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(Radiological protection of the public from intakes of radionuclides)

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/7136284· OSTI ID:7136284
The traveler participated in a meeting of the International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP) Task Group on Age- Dependent Doses to Members of the Public from intakes of Radionuclide (Task Group AGDOS). The meeting was held April 23--27, 1990, at the Chateau de Cadarache in Cadarache, France. The purpose of this meeting was to work on a draft version of Part 2 of ICRP Publication 56 on doses to members of the public from intakes of selected radioisotopes of S, Co, Ni, Zn, Mo, Tc, Ag, Te, Ba, Ra, Pb, and Po. Until the last few years, the work of the ICRP has been directed primarily toward development of guidelines for protection of radiation workers. The need for internationally accepted dose conversion factors for intakes of radionuclides by children and other subgroups of the population has been recognized by the ICRP for several years but became particularly evident after the Chernobyl reactor accident. The ICRP Task Group AGDOS was formed in 1987 to develop such dose factors for potentially harmful radionuclides that might be released to the environment due to various human activities such as mining and milling, conversion, enrichment, fabrication, power station operation, fuel reprocessing, waste storage, and waste disposal.
Research Organization:
Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (USA)
Sponsoring Organization:
DOE/ER
DOE Contract Number:
AC05-84OR21400
OSTI ID:
7136284
Report Number(s):
ORNL/FTR-3600; ON: DE90011041
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English