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Excepted Quantities (EQ) and Annual Limits on Intake (ALI)

<-------------------EQ------------------> <------------------------------ALI ------------------------------->

Radioisotope:			Bq	µCi		Ingestion:	MBq/y	mCi/y
						Inhalation:	MBq/y	mCi/y

1 - Lab limits*:

Basic:	MBq	mCi
Intermediate:	MBq	mCi
High:	MBq	mCi

2 - Accident notification:

	Spill on a person:
	Spill:	µCi

	Informe RPS in case of spill over the listed activity

* The labs limits are based only in Ingestion. If there is some possibility of aerosols generation contact RPS

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