Development of operational intervention levels for events with release of radionuclides

An essential part of a protection strategy for radiological emergencies is the development of
national dose criteria and of operational intervention levels (OILs) to decide about protective
measures for all ten scenarios Germany is preparing. For the process of planning and implementing
such protection strategies as required by the German Radiation Protection Law the Federal Ministry
BMU has commissioned the German Radiation Protection Commission (SSK) to recommend dose criteria and
OILs for emergency response measures. OILs link a chosen dose criterion for a protective action with
a suitable measurement of the contamination situation such as ambient dose rate ( μ Sv h −1 ),
contamination level on surfaces (Bq cm −2 ) or activity content (Bq g −1 , Bq cm −3 ). This link
should adequately model the exposure of persons during a defined exposure period (e.g. seven days,
one year) caused by the measured contamination. Dose calculations to quan...

Source: Journal of Radiological Protection - August 22, 2021 Category: Physics Authors: Florentin Lange, J ürgen Kopp, Joachim Breckow, Florian Gering, Christian Grimm, Jürgen Müller, Stephan Prüßmann, Wolfgang Raskob, Horst Schnadt and Wolfgang Weiss Source Type: research