International
Tables for
Crystallography
Volume C
Mathematical, physical and chemical tables
Edited by E. Prince

© International Union of Crystallography 2006
International Tables for Crystallography (2006). Vol. C. ch. 10.1, p. 960

Table 10.1.2 

D. C. Creagha and S. Martinez-Carrerab

a Division of Health, Design, and Science, University of Canberra, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia, and bSan Ernesto, 6-Esc. 3, 28002 Madrid, Spain

Table 10.1.2 | top | pdf |
Maximum primary-dose limit per quarter [based on National Health and Medical Research Council (1977[link]), as amended]

Note: The annual MPD is typically twice the quarterly MPD.

Part of body MPD (i) MPD (ii)
(workers) (public)
Gonads, bone marrow, whole body 30 mSv (3 rem) 2.5 mSv (2.5 rem)
Skin, bone, thyroid 150 mSv (15 rem) 15 mSv (1.5 rem)
Hands, forearms, feet, ankles 400 mSv (40 rem) 35 mSv (3.5 rem)
Organs (including eye lens) 80 mSv (8 rem) 7.5 mSv (0.75 rem)
Abdomen of female of reproductive age 13 mSv (1.3 rem) 1 mSv (0.1 rem)
Foetus between diagnosis of and completion of a pregnancy 10 mSv (1 rem)  

Note: The maximum primary dose limits as set here are advisory only, and ultimately one should strive to achieve an MPD limit as low as reasonably achievable (often referred to by the acronym ALARA), economic and social factors being taken into account.