ICRP Supporting Guidance 3
Guide for the Practical Application of the ICRP Human Respiratory Tract Model
Series:
Annals of the ICRP
Annals of the ICRP
Other Titles in:
Radiology
Radiology
January 2014 | 322 pages | SAGE Publications Ltd
The ICRP Publication 66 Human Respiratory Tract Model for Radiological Protection (HRTM) has been applied to calculate dose coefficients (doses per unit intake) and bioassay functions in ICRP Publications 68, 71, 72 and 78. For these purposes, ICRP assigned numerical values to a range of model parameters, such as the size of the inhaled particles and the breathing rate of the subjects. These are known as ‘default’ or ‘reference’ values, and were chosen to be typical, representative values. In any particular situation the actual values of many parameters can be considerably different from the reference values. Usually, doses from intakes of radionuclides are low compared with the relevant limit or constraint, and the resulting difference is unimportant. There are, however, circumstances where more reliable assessments of intake and dose are desirable. This Guidance Document therefore gives advice on applying specific information within the framework of the HRTM for assessing occupational and environmental exposures and for interpreting bioassay data. Chapters on each aspect of the model (morphometry, physiology, deposition, clearance, gases and vapours, dosimetry) provide:
- A summary of how the HRTM treats that topic;
- Information on the reference values of relevant parameters;
- Guidance on choosing between default values;
- Information on how doses and bioassay quantities (lung retention, urine, and faecal excretion) vary with the values of selected parameters, giving guidance on the importance of obtaining specific information;
- Simple examples of the use of specific information relating to the topic.