Washington Administrative Code (Last Updated: November 23, 2016) |
Title 246. Health, Department of |
Chapter 246-250. Radioactive waste—Licensing land disposal. |
Section 246-250-170. Protection of the general population from releases of radioactivity.
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- Concentrations of radioactive material which may be released to the general environment in groundwater, surface water, air, soil, plants, or animals shall not result in an annual dose exceeding an equivalent of twenty-five millirems (0.25 mSv) to the whole body, seventy-five millirems (0.75 mSv) to the thyroid, and twenty-five millirems (0.25 mSv) to any other organ of any member of the public. Reasonable effort should be made to maintain releases of radioactivity in effluents to the general environment as low as is reasonably achievable.