Recommendations of the Commission on Radiological Protection 1987

The recommendation of the SSK concerning the recycling of residual material from nuclear power plants is based upon the result of a special meeting held in 1986, which dealt with questions of radiological protection in connection with the production and the disposal of nuclear waste. Because of the current discussion on the risk analysis of radiation-induced cancer, the Commission has chosen this topic as the main theme of its special meeting in 1987. As a result the SSK has recommended to handle more strictly the minimization of occupational radiation exposure and to limit the occupational life time dose to a value of 400 mSv (40 rem). For persons whose effective dose has already exceeded 400 mSv or will probably exceed it in short time, the SSK has recommended to set up an interim regulation. Accordingly, such persons may continue working in the restricted access area, as far as the dose does not exceed 10 mSv in the calendar year. For the scientific preparation of legal regulations with regard to sec. 6, para. 1 of the Strahlenschutzvorsorgegesetz (Precautionary Radiological Protection Act), a special subcommission has worked out the fundamentals for the derivation of dose limits and contamination limits. The derivation of primary intervention values to limit the radiation exposure and of secondary intervention values for contaminated food are presented in the annex. (orig./HP) With 1 fig., 7 tabs