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TABLE A.14.1.3 Criteria for Using Urgent Protective Measures in the First
10 Days of a Radiation Emergency [9]

Avertable dose for the first 10 days (mGy)
For the whole body Thyroid gland, lungs, skin
Protective
Measures Level A Level B Level A Level B
Sheltering 5 50 50 500
Iodine prophylaxis
Adults – – 250 a 2500 a
Children – – 100 a 1000 a
Evacuation 50 500 500 5000

a For the thyroid gland only.

TABLE A.14.1.4 Classes of Solid and Liquid Radioactive Waste [11]
Specific activity (Bq/g)
Alpha-
radiating
Beta-radiating radionuclides
radionuclides (except
Radwaste (except transuranic Transuranic
Class Tritium tritium) radionuclides) radionuclides
Solid waste
Very low <1 × 10 7 <1 × 10 3 <100 <10
active
3
7
Low-active From 1 × 10 From 1 × 10 From 100 to From 10
to 1 × 10 8 to 1·10 4 1000 100
2
Medium- From 1 × 10 From 1 × 10 From 1 × 10 From 1 × 10
3
4
8
active to 1 × 10 11 to 1 × 10 7 to 1 × 10 6 to 1 × 10 5
High-active >1 × 10 11 >1 × 10 7 >1 × 10 6 >1 × 10 5
Liquid waste
Low-active <1 × 10 4 <1 × 10 3 <100 <10
Medium- From 1 × 10 From 1 × 10 From 1 × 10 From 10 to
2
4
3
active to 1 × 10 8 to 1 × 10 7 to 1 × 10 6 1 × 10 5
High-active >1 × 10 8 >1 × 10 7 >1 × 10 6 >1 × 10 5