Published 1981
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Scientific rationale for a lower radon daughter exposure
Description
On April 21, 1980 the Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers Union (OCAW) submitted a petition urging the revision of the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) permissible exposure limit to radon daughters in underground mines. This petition asks for: annual worker exposure to be lowered from the current 4 WLM/year to 0.7 WLM/year; full economic protection for workers whose exposure exceeds the proposed 0.7 WLM/year; and the primary means of lowering workers' radiation exposures shall be environmental controls. The scientific rationale for the lower standard requested in the petition to the Department of Labor is presented
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Publisher
- American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers, Inc.
- Imprint Place
- New York, NY
- Imprint Title
- Radiation hazards in mining: control, measurement, and medical aspects
- Journal Page Range
- p. 25-27.
Conference
- Title
- control, measurement, and medical aspects.
- Acronym
- International conference on radiation hazards in mining
- Dates
- 4 - 9 Oct 1981.
- Place
- Golden, CO (USA).
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- United States
- INIS RN
- 14750308
- Subject category
- S61: RADIATION PROTECTION AND DOSIMETRY; S63: RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGANISMS AND BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS;
- Resource subtype / Literary indicator
- Conference
- Descriptors DEI
- BIOLOGICAL RADIATION EFFECTS; DAUGHTER PRODUCTS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; LUNGS; MAXIMUM PERMISSIBLE EXPOSURE; MINERS; NEOPLASMS; PUBLIC HEALTH; RADIATION DOSES; RADIATION EFFECTS; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADON; RISK ANALYSIS; URANIUM MINES
- Descriptors DEC
- BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS; BODY; DISEASES; ELEMENTS; ISOTOPES; MEDICINE; MINES; NONMETALS; ORGANS; PERSONNEL; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; RARE GASES; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; SAFETY STANDARDS