CHAPTER IIISYSTEM OF RADIATION PROTECTION
SECTION 2 Dose limitation
Article 8Age limit for exposed workers
Member States shall ensure that subject to Article 11(2), persons under 18 years of age may not be assigned to any work which would result in their being exposed workers.
Article 9Dose limits for occupational exposure
1.
Member States shall ensure that dose limits for occupational exposure apply to the sum of annual occupational exposures of a worker from all authorised practices, occupational exposure to radon in workplaces requiring notification in accordance with Article 54(3), and other occupational exposure from existing exposure situations in accordance with Article 100(3). For emergency occupational exposure Article 53 shall apply.
2.
The limit on the effective dose for occupational exposure shall be 20 mSv in any single year. However, in special circumstances or for certain exposure situations specified in national legislation, a higher effective dose of up to 50 mSv may be authorised by the competent authority in a single year, provided that the average annual dose over any five consecutive years, including the years for which the limit has been exceeded, does not exceed 20 mSv.
3.
In addition to the limits on effective dose laid down in paragraph 2, the following limits on equivalent dose shall apply:
(a)
the limit on the equivalent dose for the lens of the eye shall be 20 mSv in a single year or 100 mSv in any five consecutive years subject to a maximum dose of 50 mSv in a single year, as specified in national legislation.
(b)
the limit on the equivalent dose for the skin shall be 500 mSv in a year, this limit shall apply to the dose averaged over any area of 1 cm2, regardless of the area exposed;
(c)
the limit on the equivalent dose for the extremities shall be 500 mSv in a year.
Article 10Protection of pregnant and breastfeeding workers
1.
Member States shall ensure that the protection of the unborn child is comparable with that provided for members of the public. As soon as a pregnant worker informs the undertaking or, in the case of an outside worker, the employer, of the pregnancy, in accordance with national legislation the undertaking, and the employer, shall ensure that the employment conditions for the pregnant worker are such that the equivalent dose to the unborn child is as low as reasonably achievable and unlikely to exceed 1 mSv during at least the remainder of the pregnancy.
2.
As soon as workers inform the undertaking, or in case of outside workers, the employer, that they are breastfeeding an infant, they shall not be employed in work involving a significant risk of intake of radionuclides or of bodily contamination.
Article 11Dose limits for apprentices and students
1.
Member States shall ensure that the dose limits for apprentices aged 18 years or over and students aged 18 years or over who, in the course of their studies, are obliged to work with radiation sources, shall be the same as the dose limits for occupational exposure laid down in Article 9.
2.
Member States shall ensure that the limit on the effective dose for apprentices aged between 16 and 18 years and for students aged between 16 and 18 years who, in the course of their studies, are obliged to work with radiation sources, shall be 6 mSv in a year.
3.
In addition to the limits on effective dose laid down in paragraph 2, the following limits on equivalent dose shall apply:
(a)
the limit on the equivalent dose for the lens of the eye shall be 15 mSv in a year;
(b)
the limit on the equivalent dose for the skin shall be 150 mSv in a year, averaged over any area of 1 cm2, regardless of the area exposed;
(c)
the limit on the equivalent dose for the extremities shall be 150 mSv in a year.
4.
Member States shall ensure that the dose limits for apprentices and students who are not subject to the provisions of paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 shall be the same as the dose limits for members of the public as specified in Article 12.
Article 12Dose limits for public exposure
1.
Member States shall ensure that the dose limits for public exposure shall apply to the sum of annual exposures of a member of the public resulting from all authorised practices.
2.
Member States shall set the limit on the effective dose for public exposure at 1 mSv in a year.
3.
In addition to the dose limit referred to in paragraph 2, the following limits on the equivalent dose shall apply:
(a)
the limit on the equivalent dose for the lens of the eye shall be 15 mSv in a year;
(b)
the limit on the equivalent dose for the skin shall be 50 mSv in a year, averaged over any 1 cm2 area of skin, regardless of the area exposed.
Article 13Estimation of the effective and equivalent dose
For the estimation of effective and equivalent doses, the appropriate standard values and relationships shall be used. For external radiation, the operational quantities defined in section 2.3 of ICRP Publication 116 shall be used.