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HUGHES has outlined the derivation of criteria that he uses to decide if a worker using unsealed sources of radioactive material should be designated or not1. Although I think that this general approach to the problem is appropriate, I would suggest that some of the numerical values of the parameters used in the derivation could be improved.
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BUSH, D. Response to Criteria for the Designation of Persons working with Unsealed Radioactive Substances. Nature 227, 1150–1151 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1038/2271150a0
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