Internal dosimetry and lifetime dose control

Conference · Thu Apr 01 04:00:00 EST 1993

OSTI ID:7368645

Baumann, B L; Aldridge, T L

This paper outlines Westinghouse Hanford Company (WHC) implementation of lifetime worker dose controls, required in the US Department of Energy (DOE) Radiological Control Manual (RCM) (DOE 1992). In addition, this paper discusses the impacts of tracking doses from intakes of long-term bone seeking radionuclides. Prior to the RCM, an internal WHC policy implemented lifetime dose controls based on total internal and external dose. This lifetime dose control level has affected the careers of approximately 17 workers at the Hanford Site. Additional impacts are anticipated because changes in tracking internal doses increase the significance of tracking plutonium intakes.

• Research Organization: Westinghouse Hanford Co., Richland, WA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: DOE; USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC06-87RL10930
• OSTI ID: 7368645
• Report Number(s): WHC-SA-1869; CONF-9304128--9; ON: DE93014629
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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560101* -- Biomedical Sciences
Applied Studies-- Radiation Effects-- Dosimetry & Monitoring-- (1992-)
61 RADIATION PROTECTION AND DOSIMETRY
ANIMALS
DOSE LIMITS
DOSIMETRY
HANFORD ENGINEERING DEVELOPMENT LABORATORY
INTERNAL IRRADIATION
IRRADIATION
MAMMALS
MAN
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE
PERSONNEL
PRIMATES
RADIATION PROTECTION
SAFETY STANDARDS
STANDARDS
US DOE
US ORGANIZATIONS
VERTEBRATES