Iowa Admin. Code r. 641-40.15 - Occupational dose limits for adults
(1) The licensee or registrant shall control
the occupational dose to individual adults, except for planned special
exposures pursuant to 40.20(136C), to the following dose limits:
a. An annual limit, which is the more
limiting of:
(1) The total effective dose
equivalent being equal to 5 rem (0.05 Sv); or
(2) The sum of the deep dose equivalent and
the committed dose equivalent to any individual organ or tissue other than the
lens of the eye being equal to 50 rem (0.5 Sv).
b. The annual limits to the lens of the eye,
to the skin of the whole body, and to the skin of the extremities which are:
(1) A lens dose equivalent of 15 rem (0.15
Sv), and
(2) A shallow dose
equivalent of 50 rem (0.5 Sv) to the skin of the whole body or to the skin of
any extremity.
(2) Doses received in excess of the annual
limits, including doses received during accidents, emergencies, and planned
special exposures, shall be subtracted from the limits for planned special
exposures that the individual may receive during the current year and during
the individual's lifetime. See 40.20(5)"a"
and"b."
(3) When
the external exposure is determined by measurement with an external personal
monitoring device, the deep dose equivalent must be used in place of the
effective dose equivalent, unless the effective dose equivalent is determined
by a dosimetry method approved by the agency. The assigned deep dose equivalent
must be for the part of the body receiving the highest exposure. The assigned
shallow dose equivalent must be the dose averaged over the contiguous 10 square
centimeters of skin receiving the highest exposure. The deep dose equivalent,
lens dose equivalent, and shallow dose equivalent may be assessed from surveys
or other radiation measurements for the purpose of demonstrating compliance
with the occupational dose limits, if the individual monitoring device was not
in the region of highest potential exposure, or the results of individual
monitoring are unavailable.
(4)
Derived air concentration (DAC) and annual limit on intake (ALI) values are
presented in Table I of Appendix B and may be used to determine the
individual's dose and to demonstrate compliance with the occupational dose
limits. See 40.86(136C).
(5)
Notwithstanding the annual dose limits, the licensee shall limit the soluble
uranium intake by an individual to 10 milligrams in a week in consideration of
chemical toxicity. See footnote 3 of Appendix B.
(6) The licensee or registrant shall reduce
the dose that an individual may be allowed to receive in the current year by
the amount of occupational dose received while employed by any other person.
See 40.19(5).
Notes
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