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Radiation and General Safety
Radiation Protection Basics
Thermo Scientific NITON XL3 Analyzer User’s Guide 3-5
Pregnancy and Radiation
Exposure
International guidance documents (e.g., ICRP Publication 60 and NCRP
Publication 116*) recommend that the radiation dose to the embryo/fetus
of a pregnant woman should not exceed a total of 500 mrem (10% of
normal radiation worker limit) during the gestation period. While this dose
limit exceeds the dose limit to a trained operator, pregnant workers may
want to take special precautions to reduce their exposure to radiation. For
more information see the U.S. NRC Regulatory Guide 8.13 "Instruction
Concerning Prenatal Radiation Exposure" which can be found on the
resource CD.
* The International Commission on Radiological Protection, ICRP, is an
independent Registered Charity, established to advance for the public
benefit the science of radiological protection, in particular by providing
recommendations and guidance on all aspects of protection against ionizing
radiation.
* The National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements
(NCRP) was chartered by the U.S. Congress in 1964 as the National
Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements.