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6 Recommendations for Revisions of the Ace Directive
6 Recommendations for Revisions of the Ace Directive
Pages 48-52
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The ACE Directive appears to manage all military missions involving radiation exposures as interventions. While this is clearly appropriate for many missions (e.g., emergencies, radiation accidents, and operations involving hostile action)
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To describe any nonzero dose as no risk is inconsistent with current international positions on the effects of radiation. Likewise, the term normal risk incorrectly implies no additional risk to that from natural background radiation exposures, even though such exposures are considered to contribute very small, possibly negligible, health risks.
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DOSIMETRY REQUIREMENTS The committee recommends that the Army: 11. Review its dosimetry capabilities and determine if they are adequate to support the use of the Operational Exposure Guidance in the ACE Directive.
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The ability to measure airborne radioactivity and respond accordingly is essential to an adequate radiation protection program. The lack of exposure information for airborne hazards has proven a problem, as noted previously for the Atomic Veterans.
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22. Develop separate Operational Exposure Guidance for managing practices (routine tasks involving radiation exposure)
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