Washington Administrative Code
Title 246 - Health, Department of
RADIATION
Chapter 246-250 - Radioactive waste-Licensing land disposal
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Section 246-250-170 - Protection of the general population from releases of radioactivity

Universal Citation: WA Admin Code 246-250-170
Current through Register Vol. 24-18, September 15, 2024

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.

Statutory Authority: RCW 43.70.040. 91-02-049 (Order 121), recodified as § 246-250-170, filed 12/27/90, effective 1/31/91. Statutory Authority: RCW 70.98.080. 87-01-031 (Order 2450), § 402-61-180, filed 12/11/86.

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