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4 Current Paradigms for Radiation Protection in the Army
Pages 33-39

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... These include military personnel such as x-ray technicians, radiologists who do radiological examinations, researchers using radioisotopes, and technicians who maintain radioactive commodities such as Geiger counter calibration sources. The Army's other radiation protection program is intended to apply only during situations of extremely high radiation exposure, such as nuclear war.
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From page 34...
... a. In particular, this regulation remains applicable to DA and DLA personnel deployed on either humanitarian or peacekeeping missions where the degree of readiness to respond to hostile fire requires the availability of radioactive commodities, such as depleted uranium ammunition, as a contingency.
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From page 35...
... Protocol requires that during operations in a nuclear environment, individual dosimeters be read daily and the results passed up the chain of command. Records of summary exposure data are maintained at battalion level for subordinate company and platoon-sized units and are then forwarded to higher commands, which keep more broadly aggregated records.
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From page 36...
... The exposure criteria given for RES-1 and RES-2 units should be used only when the numerical value of a unit's total past cumulative dose is unknown. eEach of the degrees of risk can be applied to radiation hazards resulting from enemy or friendly weapons, or both, and from initial nuclear radiation resulting from planned friendly supporting fire.
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From page 37...
... ARMY RADIATION PROTECTION 37 This table was integrated into ACE Directive 80-63 as guidance for radiation protection to the troops assigned to the peacekeeping mission to Bosnia. The next section describes that document, which appears in its entirety in the Appendix.
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