Dose Flashcards
Public Annual Limit
1mSv
Uncontrolled Area
0.02 mSv/hr
Lens of eye (Annual) - Public
15 mSv
Shallow Dose Eq Skin (Annual) - Public
50 mSv
Occupational Annual Limit
50 mSv
Controlled Area
0.1 mSv/hr
Lens of eye (Annual) - Occupational
150 mSv
Shallow Dose Eq Skin (Annual) - Occupational
500 mSv
Occupational for minors
10% of adult
Fetus declared pregnancy
5 mSv total / 0.5mSv/month
Radiation Area
0.05 - 1 mSv/hr @0.3m - signs required
High Radiation Area
> 1 mSv/hr @0.3m - restricted access - caution sign
Very High Radiation Area
> 5 Gy/hr @1m - alarms, signs and double interlocks
Average total effective dose per person
6 mSv
Average Background Effective Dose
3 mSv
Types of Background Radiation
Cosmic, terrestrial and internal exposure
Low level radiation
<10rem (100mSv)
High level radiation
> 10rem (100mSv)
Transportation Label - White 1
@surface 0.5 mrem/hr @1m - nothing
Transportation Label - Yellow 2
@surface 0.5 - 50 mrem/hr @1m <1mrem
Transportation Label - Yellow 3
@suface: 50 - 200 mrem/hr
@1m 1 - 10mrem/hr
Epilation
3Gy - 17 days after
Erythema
6Gy - minutes to weeks
Dry Desquamation
12Gy
Wet Desquamation
25Gy - 3 weeks post
Radio necrosis - ulceration
50Gy
Transport Index
Measurement @1m mSv/hr x 100 (resulting mrem/hr)
Pregnancy - little risk
<5cGy - any gestational phase
Pregnancy - low/uncertain
5 - 10cGy
Pregnancy - significant risk (higher 1st trimester)
10-50cGy
Pregnancy - high risk (any trimester)
> 50 cGy! Remember that 100cGy Kills 50% of fetus
Pregnancy - 1st week
Abortion
Pregnancy - 1-8 weeks
Malformation and growth retardation
Pregnancy - 8-15 weeks
Mental retardation and Small head syndrom
Pregnancy - 15-25 weeks
Mental retardation
Pregnancy - after 25 weeks
Cancer development
Dose to kill a cell
Dividing cell: 2Gy / non dividing cell: 100Gy
Do - dose that kill 63% of cells
1-3 Gy
Bone Marrow Syndrome
1-10 Gy
GI Syndrome
10-30 Gy
Central nervous system
> 30 Gy
Mortality risk - High/low dose (workers)
8% / 4% per Sv
Mortality risk - High/low dose (general public)
10% / 5% per Sv
Dose - x-ray img
0.2 mrem
Dose - CT sim
10 mrem