Thursday, October 2, 2014

Radiation Protection Guides (RPG) for transient rates of intake of (some) radionuclides in 1961

Radionuclide
Target Organ
Dose Equivalent
(RPG)
for Upper Limit
of Range II
rem/year
Intake Rate (pCi/day)(a)

Range I Range II Range III
Iodine-131 Thyroid 0.5 0 - 10 10 - 100 100 - 1,000
Strontium-90 Bone 0.5 0 - 20 20 - 200 200 - 2,000
Strontium-89 Bone 0.5 0 - 200 200 - 2,000 2,000 - 20,000
Cesium-137 Whole Body 0.17 0 - 1,450 1,450 - 14,500 14,500 - 145,000
Barium-140(b) Bone 0.5 0 - 1.4x104 1.4x104 - 1.4x105 1.4x105 - 1.4x106
Tritium(b) Whole Body 0.17 0 - 2x105 2x105 - 2x106 2x106 - 2x107
Ruthenium-106(b) Lower, Large Ints. 0.5 0 - 725 725 - 7,250 7,250 - 72,500