SCHEDULE 1DOSES OF IONISING RADIATION WITHIN THE MEANING OF “RADIATION EMERGENCY”

Regulation 2(1)

1

An effective dose of 5 mSv in the period of one year immediately following the radiation emergency.

2

Without prejudice to paragraph 1—

a

an equivalent dose for the lens of the eye of 15 mSv in the period of one year immediately following the radiation emergency; and

b

an equivalent dose for the skin of 50 mSv in the period of one year immediately following the radiation emergency over 1cm2 area of skin, regardless of the area exposed.

3

In this Schedule—

a

any reference to an effective dose means the sum of the effective dose to the whole body from external radiation and the committed effective dose from internal radiation;

b

any reference to equivalent dose to a human tissue or organ includes the committed equivalent dose to that tissue or organ from internal radiation;

c

“external radiation” means, in relation to a person, ionising radiation coming from outside the body of that person; and

d

“internal radiation” means, in relation to a person, ionising radiation coming from inside the body of that person.