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This international authority, established in 1928, provides recommendations on occupational and public dose limits but does not function as an enforcement agency
What is the International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP)?
This individual is designated by a health care facility to oversee the daily operation of the radiation safety program and provide a formal review of the program each year
Who is the Radiation Safety Officer (RSO)?
These are the two main categories of radiation-induced responses of serious concern for humans
What are tissue reactions and stochastic effects?
These radiation effects are randomly occurring, non-threshold somatic changes where the chance of occurrence increases with exposure
What are stochastic (probabilistic) effects?
The annual occupational effective dose limit for the whole body
What is 50 mSv (5 rem)?
This monitoring agency is responsible for an employee’s "right to know" regarding hazards in the workplace, including ionizing radiation
What is the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)?
This nongovernmental, nonprofit, private corporation reviews ICRP recommendations and determines how to incorporate them into U.S. radiation protection criteria
What is the National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements (NCRP)?
These radiation effects exhibit a threshold dose below which the response typically does not occur and above which severity increases with dose
What are tissue reactions?
These are the two primary examples of stochastic effects
What are cancer and genetic alterations?
The formula used to determine a radiation worker's lifetime cumulative effective dose (CumEfD) limit
What is age in years times 10 mSv?
Under Public Law 90-602, this agency conducts a product radiation control program that regulates the design and manufacturing of diagnostic x-ray equipment
What is the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)?
This federal agency, formerly known as the Atomic Energy Commission, oversees the nuclear energy industry and has the power to enforce radiation protection standards
What is the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)?
This late tissue reaction involving the eyes has a high probability of occurring when entrance radiation doses exceed 2 Gyt
What is cataract formation?
This term refers to the irradiation of DNA in somatic cells, which can lead to abnormalities in new cells as they divide
What is mutagenesis?
The monthly equivalent dose limit recommended by the NCRP for the embryo-fetus once a pregnancy is declared
What is 0.5 mSv (50 mrem)?
This agency is responsible for protecting human health and the environment, including determining the action level for radon
What is the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)?
These are states that have entered into written contracts with the NRC to assume the responsibility of licensing and regulating the use of radioisotopes within their borders
What are Agreement States?
The annual effective dose limit for education and training purposes for individuals under the age of 18
What is 1 mSv (100 mrem)?
The annual occupational dose limit for localized areas of the skin, hands, and feet
What is 500 mSv (50 rem)?
The annual effective dose limit for members of the general public exposed to continuous or frequent artificial sources
Question: What is 1 mSv (100 mrem)?
This specific document, prepared by the U.S. Office of the Federal Register, contains the fundamental radiation protection standards governing occupational radiation exposure
What is 10 CFR 20 (Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations, Part 20)?
This is the primary basis of the effective dose (EfD) limiting system used in radiation protection
What is the risk of radiation-induced malignancy?
The specific period after conception when the embryo-fetus is at the highest risk for radiation-induced intellectual disability
What is 8 to 15 weeks?
This factor accounts for the relative sensitivity of various organs and is used to calculate the effective dose
What is the tissue weighting factor (WT)?
A dose level of negligible risk where reduction of individual exposure is deemed unnecessary (what it is referred to AND specific dose)
What is the Negligible Individual Dose (NID) of 0.01 mSv/year?