NAC459.020. “Area of airborne radioactivity” defined.  


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  • “Area of airborne radioactivity” means any room, enclosure or area in which airborne radioactive material exists in concentrations:

         1. In excess of the derived air concentrations specified in Appendix B; or

         2. To such a degree that a person present in the area without a respiratory protective device could receive in the hours he or she works in 1 week, an intake of radiation that is greater than 0.6 percent of the annual limit on intake or 12 derived air concentration hours.

     [Bd. of Health, Radiation Control Reg. § 1.2.4, eff. 2-28-80]—(NAC A 1-18-94)