safe dose of radiation

Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 2011-03-23 21:42

What is my safe, daily ingested dose level limit for:
1- iodine
2-cesium
3-plutonium
4-any other scary isotope that's created by a MOx accident

If possible, please answer in picocuries & cph.
many thanks for this forum!
:-)

‹ Thank you again for the data. Hours Since Fukushima Shutdown ›

daily ingested dose level guidlines vary greatly

Submitted by Raj Dye (not verified) on Thu, 2011-03-24 09:26.

Maximum Contamination Levels for Iodine-131 in drinking water for adults.

EPA

==Authority== ==pCi/L==
EPA 00003.0
NRC occupational 00108.0
California (beta emitters) 00050.0
World Health Organization 00270.3
Japan Ministry of Health 08108.0
European Atomic Energy Community 13513.5
International Atomic Energy Commision 81081.0
   
found in Tokyo drinking water 05670.0
found in rain Berkeley CA March 20 00216.0

wow, scary

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Thu, 2011-03-24 10:28.

Thank you Raj! That is the type of info I am looking for. Do you have the same for Cs-137? That is teh isotope that is remaining constant in the measurements ( from that reactor #3. They had black smoke coming from it again yesterday; Wed.) Thanks again, I really appreciate that table.

Cs-137

Submitted by Raj Dye (not verified) on Thu, 2011-03-24 10:39.

No I don't have this info for Cs-137. It took me several hours this morning to compile this information on I-131 from many sources. As you see, the variation in Max Contamination Level guidelines spans several orders of magnitude depending on the authority. Clearly there is not a consensus within the scientific/regulatory community as to the health risks associated with exposure to I-131 radionuclides.
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Raj Dye

Wow Raj, Thank you for

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Thu, 2011-03-24 16:46.

Wow Raj,
Thank you for taking all that time. I have already sent that table out to everyone I know & all my cyber friends as well. Knowledge is power, the power to protect one's health & family. Much gratitude.
Namaste, Char

I don't know if there are

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Wed, 2011-03-23 22:03.

I don't know if there are similar guidelines for the public, but the NRC has recommendations for Annual Limit on Intake (ALI) listed on their site.(sry don't have them on hand, but you should be able to search NRC ALI on google)

ALI

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Thu, 2011-03-24 08:43.

NRC? You mean the National Radiation Council? Their annual limit has nothing to do with my question.

That's Nuclear Regulatory

Submitted by Brian (not verified) on Thu, 2011-03-24 10:38.

That's Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

We have links posted on our

Submitted by dchivers on Wed, 2011-03-23 22:26.

We have links posted on our dose calculation page to the NRC ALI tables for all nuclides.