Radiation exposures for DOE and DOE contractor employees, 1989

Technical Report · Tue Dec 01 04:00:00 EST 1992

OSTI ID:7180633

Smith, M H; Eschbach, P A; Harty, R ^[1]; Millet, W H; Scholes, V A ^[2]

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1. Pacific Northwest Lab., Richland, WA (United States)
2. Idaho National Engineering Lab., Idaho Falls, ID (United States)

All US Department of Energy (DOE) and DOE contractors, are required to submit occupational radiation exposure records to a central depository. In 1989, data were required to be submitted for all employees who were required to be monitored in accordance with DOE Order 5480.11 and for all visitors who had a positive exposure. The data required included the external penetrating whole-body dose equivalent, the shallow dose equivalent, and a summary of internal depositions of radioactive material above specified limits. Data regarding the exposed individuals included the individual's age, sex, and occupational category. This report is a summary of the external penetrating whole-body dose equivalents and shallow dose equivalents reported by DOE and DOE contractors for the calendar year 1989. A total of 90,882 DOE and DOE contractor employees were reported to have been monitored for whole-body ionizing radiation exposure during 1989. This represents 53.6% of all DOE and DOE contractor employees and is an increase (4.3 %) from the number of monitored employees for 1988. In addition to the employees, 12,643 visitors were monitored.

• Research Organization: Pacific Northwest Lab., Richland, WA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: DOE; USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• OSTI ID: 7180633
• Report Number(s): DOE/EH-0268P; ON: DE93005907
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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