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RECORD NUMBER: 49 OF 177

Main Title Maximum Permissible Concentration of Radioisotopes in Air and Water for Short Period Exposure.
Author Morga, Karl Z. ; Snyde, Walter S. ; For, Mary R. ;
CORP Author Oak Ridge National Lab., Tenn.
Year Published 1973
Stock Number PB-216 559
Additional Subjects ( Radioactive isotopes ; Radiation dosage) ; ( Radiobiology ; Radiation dosage) ; Exposure ; Permissible dosage
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NTIS  PB-216 559 Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. 07/26/2022
Collation 44p
Abstract
The purpose of this report is to extend the method of calculation used in the International Commission on Radiation Protection Handbook to estimate the Maximum Permissible Concentrations values or the maximum permissible intake (MPI) of these same radioactive materials for a single exposure. Since the concentration of material in the GI tract reaches equilibrium with that in air and water in a few days, one might suspect that the GI tract frequently would become the critical body organ for short periods of exposure. Another body organ likely to receive a high exposure and as a consequence become the critical body organ for single exposure is the lung. (Author Modified Abstract)