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4 Current Paradigms for Radiation Protection in the U.S. Army
Pages 55-63

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... One is applied to those individuals whose duties parallel those of civilian radiation workers. These include military personnel such as x-ray technicians, radiologists who do radiological examinations, researchers who use radioisotopes, and technicians who maintain radioactive commodities such as radiation detection instruments and calibration sources.
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From page 56...
... Army adopts a state of readiness directly preparatory to actual or imminent armed conflict in a geographical zone where peacetime occupational radiation exposure conditions cannot reasonably be construed to prevail.
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From page 57...
... Army in May 1998. The revised table differs from the ACE Directive Annex A most by replacing the use of the narrative descriptors of "State"-expressed as No, Normal, Minimal, Limited, Increased, or Significant Risk with quantitative estimates of "Increased Risk of Long Term Fatal Cancer" expressed as None, 1:4,000, 1:400, 1:200, 1:80, and 1:30.
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From page 60...
... 1 :400 Record individual dose readings 1:200 · Continue monitoring · Update survey · Continue dose control measures · Execute priority tasks only' · Record individual dose readings 1:80 · Continue monitoring · Update survey · Continue dose control measures · Execute critical tasks only') · Record individual dose readings 1:30 · Continue monitoring · Update survey · Continue dose control measures · Execute critical tasks onlye `'The use of the measurement millisievert is preferred in all cases.
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From page 61...
... . It must be noted that higher radiation dose rates produce proportionally more health risks than the same total dose given over a longer period.
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From page 62...
... CRisk levels are graduated within each status category to provide more stringent criteria as the total radiation dose accumulated becomes more serious. The exposure criteria given for RES-1 and RES-2 units should be used only when the numerical value of a unit's total past cumulative dose is unknown.
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... The first level is comparable to civilian radiation safety programs and treats soldiers in a manner similar to that in which occupational workers who are engaged in radiation practices are treated. At the second level, soldiers are engaged in military activities that may or may not be comparable to routine practices and that can resemble emergency response activities.
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