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TABLE B1

Summary of mean dose (EDE + CEDE) distribution by sex for year 1997

Occupational category Males Females
Mean Mean
Number dose Number dose
Industrial radiography - permanent 1324 ( 3%) 0.40 26 ( 1%) 0.10
Industrial radiography - site 2350 ( 6%) 4.70 21 ( 1%) 0.40
Reactor operations 3848 ( 9%) 1.0 123 ( 4%) 0.70
Reactor maintenance 8282 (20%) 0.60 125 ( 4%) 0.20
Fuel fabrication 2693 ( 7%) 0.90 153 ( 5%) 0.40
Fuel reprocessing 3776 ( 9%) 1.30 456 (16%) 0.80
Waste treatment 1169 ( 3%) 0.70 126 ( 4%) 0.50
Radiation protection 1727 ( 4%) 0.80 233 ( 8%) 0.80
Luminising 1 ( 0%) 0.30 0 ( 0%) 0.0
Application + servicing 1443 ( 4%) 0.20 59 ( 2%) 0.20
Application + manipulation 1282 ( 3%) 0.70 341 (12%) 0.60
Transport work 128 ( 0%) 1.20 4 ( 0%) 0.20
Offshore work 846 ( 2%) 0.30 13 ( 0%) 0.40
Onshore drilling 74 ( 0%) 0.10 1 ( 0%) 0.20
Coal mining surface 4 ( 0%) 0.10 0 ( 0%) 0.0
Other mining underground 208 ( 1%) 11.70 0 ( 0%) 0.0
Other mining surface 3 ( 0%) 0.10 0 ( 0%) 0.0
Dental work 2 ( 0%) 0.0 4 ( 0%) 0.40
Veterinary work 87 ( 0%) 0.10 118 ( 4%) 0.10
Medical - doctors 14 ( 0%) 0.60 25 ( 1%) 0.50
Medical - nurses 0 ( 0%) 0.0 9 ( 0%) 0.40
Medical radiography 37 ( 0%) 0.10 21 ( 1%) 0.30
Medical physics 21 ( 0%) 0.20 6 ( 0%) 0.30
Medical - other 66 ( 0%) 0.40 35 ( 1%) 0.40
Quarrying 5 ( 0%) 0.0 1 ( 0%) 0.0
Academic research + teaching 691 ( 2%) 0.10 168 ( 6%) 0.0
Industrial research + teaching 1294 ( 3%) 0.40 174 ( 6%) 0.40
Defence - other 3 ( 0%) 0.0 0 ( 0%) 0.0
Nuclear industrial - other 4165 (10%) 0.90 230 ( 8%) 0.50
Other industrial 1847 ( 5%) 0.40 149 ( 5%) 0.30
Others 2561 ( 6%) 0.20 209 ( 7%) 0.20
Nuclear decommissioning 857 ( 2%) 0.70 20 ( 1%) 0.20
Total all workers 40808 1.0 2850 0.50

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TABLE B2

Distribution of male workers by age for year 1997

Occupational category Age group (years) Number of workers over all age groups
0 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65
15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65
Industrial radiography - permanent 0 7 42 118 163 198 236 209 182 117 46 6 1324
Industrial radiography - site 0 14 126 289 327 404 440 310 224 146 66 4 2350
Reactor operations 0 5 74 229 537 636 656 680 624 298 92 17 3848
Reactor maintenance 0 47 320 694 1089 1387 1342 1387 1088 619 268 41 8282
Fuel fabrication 0 32 131 243 316 457 446 408 388 178 73 21 2693
Fuel reprocessing 0 1 202 409 660 616 619 532 449 218 66 4 3776
Waste treatment 0 1 63 131 187 254 179 144 102 86 19 3 1169
Radiation protection 0 1 32 123 272 309 314 274 219 127 48 8 1727
Luminising 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
Application + servicing 0 2 56 176 241 255 201 175 167 98 55 17 1443
Application + manipulation 0 3 51 177 187 227 187 171 135 93 47 4 1282
Transport work 0 1 4 6 10 16 14 22 29 19 6 1 128
Offshore work 0 4 84 197 180 184 109 55 22 6 5 0 846
Onshore drilling 0 0 7 16 24 11 9 3 1 3 0 0 74
Coal mining surface 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4
Other mining underground 0 0 11 11 31 34 35 32 33 13 7 1 208
Other mining surface 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Dental work 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
Veterinary work 0 1 0 6 9 13 16 14 12 9 5 2 87
Medical - doctors 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 4 2 3 1 0 14
Medical - nurses 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Medical radiography 0 0 0 2 3 9 10 6 3 2 2 0 37
Medical physics 0 0 1 3 8 4 2 1 2 0 0 0 21
Medical - other 0 0 1 3 7 14 9 11 11 8 2 0 66
Quarrying 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 5
Academic research + teaching 0 0 34 92 82 75 94 75 86 95 50 8 691
Industrial research + teaching 0 0 15 135 208 219 200 175 153 93 84 12 1294
Defence - other 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 3
Nuclear industrial - other 0 95 276 442 621 617 573 531 476 330 169 35 4165
Other industrial 0 19 115 161 220 287 263 292 243 156 80 11 1847
Others 0 15 118 284 349 390 359 368 372 201 87 18 2561
Nuclear decommissioning 0 3 31 85 115 121 117 150 138 70 23 4 857
Total all workers 0 251 1795 4036 5849 6743 6434 6033 5161 2988 1301 217 40808

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TABLE B3

Distribution of female workers by age for year 1997

Occupational category Age group (years) Number of workers over all age groups
0 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65
15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65
Industrial radiography - permanent 0 0 3 3 4 7 2 3 1 2 0 1 26
Industrial radiography - site 0 2 3 6 3 1 3 2 1 0 0 0 21
Reactor operations 0 3 7 23 29 26 8 9 14 4 0 0 123
Reactor maintenance 0 1 18 27 28 17 11 10 7 5 1 0 125
Fuel fabrication 0 2 24 32 35 18 21 10 8 3 0 0 153
Fuel reprocessing 0 2 63 135 98 58 36 29 22 12 1 0 456
Waste treatment 0 0 9 32 28 14 12 17 11 1 2 0 126
Radiation protection 0 0 14 52 60 32 22 26 16 8 3 0 233
Luminising 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Application + servicing 0 0 5 11 12 9 4 5 6 2 5 0 59
Application + manipulation 0 0 34 49 77 44 47 25 33 25 7 0 341
Transport work 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
Offshore work 0 0 4 7 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 13
Onshore drilling 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Coal mining surface 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Other mining underground 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Other mining surface 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dental work 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4
Veterinary work 0 2 27 32 23 19 9 4 2 0 0 0 118
Medical - doctors 0 0 0 2 3 4 2 4 5 4 1 0 25
Medical - nurses 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 3 0 1 0 9
Medical radiography 0 0 0 3 0 2 3 2 6 5 0 0 21
Medical physics 0 0 0 1 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 6
Medical - other 0 0 3 8 14 1 4 3 0 2 0 0 35
Quarrying 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Academic research + teaching 0 0 26 52 37 17 19 11 3 1 2 0 168
Industrial research + teaching 0 0 11 38 45 19 14 12 24 9 2 0 174
Defence - other 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nuclear industrial - other 0 9 30 48 52 29 24 18 12 7 1 0 230
Other industrial 0 1 9 21 30 33 21 20 8 3 2 1 149
Others 0 2 24 44 42 38 15 14 16 7 7 0 209
Nuclear decommissioning 0 0 2 4 4 4 0 3 3 0 0 0 20
Total all workers 0 24 317 632 633 396 279 231 201 100 35 2 2850

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TABLE B4

Distribution of mean doses (EDE + CEDE) for male workers by age for year 1997

Occupational category Age group (years) Average mean dose over all age groups
0 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65
15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65
Industrial radiography - permanent 0.0 0.4 0.4 0.6 0.3 0.3 0.5 0.5 0.3 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.40
Industrial radiography - site 0.0 1.0 1.6 33.2 0.9 0.5 0.7 0.5 0.3 0.3 0.5 0.1 4.70*
Reactor operations 0.0 0.2 1.6 1.5 1.1 1.0 1.0 0.9 1.0 1.0 0.7 0.2 1.0
Reactor maintenance 0.0 0.2 0.9 0.8 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.1 0.60
Fuel fabrication 0.0 0.4 0.5 0.8 0.9 0.9 0.9 1.0 0.9 0.9 0.5 0.2 0.90
Fuel reprocessing 0.0 0.1 1.2 0.9 1.2 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.3 1.9 1.3 0.0 1.30
Waste treatment 0.0 0.0 0.9 0.9 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.3 0.70
Radiation protection 0.0 0.9 1.2 0.8 0.9 0.8 0.8 0.9 0.6 0.6 0.4 0.0 0.80
Luminising 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.30
Application + servicing 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.20
Application + manipulation 0.0 2.0 0.5 0.9 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.5 0.5 1.0 0.7 0.1 0.70
Transport work 0.0 0.6 2.8 2.9 1.6 0.5 0.4 1.0 1.6 1.2 0.4 0.3 1.20
Offshore work 0.0 0.4 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.6 0.2 0.1 0.4 0.0 0.30
Onshore drilling 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.10
Coal mining surface 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.10
Other mining underground 0.0 0.0 10.9 11.1 10.0 11.6 10.8 11.5 15.6 10.9 9.0 10.6 11.70
Other mining surface 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.10
Dental work 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Veterinary work 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.10
Medical - doctors 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.3 0.3 0.2 0.4 2.2 0.0 0.60
Medical - nurses 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Medical radiography 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.10
Medical physics 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.9 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.20
Medical - other 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.0 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.7 1.0 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.40
Quarrying 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Academic research + teaching 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.2 0.3 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.3 0.0 0.10
Industrial research + teaching 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.5 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.1 0.40
Defence - other 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Nuclear industrial - other 0.0 1,0 1.3 0.9 1.1 1.0 0.9 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.5 0.3 0.90
Other industrial 0.0 0.7 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.1 0.40
Others 0.0 0.2 0.4 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.20
Nuclear decommissioning 0.0 0.1 0.4 0.7 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.7 0.2 0.0 0.70
Totals 0.0 0.7 0.9 3.1 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.5 0.2 1.0

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TABLE B5

Distribution of mean doses (EDE + CEDE) for female workers by age for year 1997

Occupational category Age group (years) Average mean does over all age groups
0 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65
15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65
Industrial radiography - permanent 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.10
Industrial radiography - site 0.0 0.3 0.5 0.3 0.6 0.1 0.1 0.8 0.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.40
Reactor operations 0.0 0.0 0.2 1.2 0.6 0.7 0.5 0.4 0.7 1.6 0.0 0.0 0.70
Reactor maintenance 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.0 2.7 0.0 0.20
Fuel fabrication 0.0 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.7 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.40
Fuel reprocessing 0.0 0.4 0.7 0.7 0.9 0.9 0.8 0.9 1.0 0.3 1.0 0.0 0.80
Waste treatment 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.7 0.6 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.0 0.50
Radiation protection 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.9 0.9 0.7 1.5 0.7 0.3 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.80
Luminising 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Application + servicing 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.20
Application + manipulation 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.4 0.3 0.7 0.4 1.1 0.8 1.1 0.7 0.0 0.60
Transport work 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.20
Offshore work 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.5 0.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.40
Onshore drilling 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.20
Coal mining surface 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Other mining underground 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Other mining surface 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Dental work 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.40
Veterinary work 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.10
Medical - doctors 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.2 0.6 0.6 0.6 1.2 0.0 0.50
Medical - nurses 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.7 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.40
Medical radiography 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.3 0.0 0.9 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.30
Medical physics 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.6 0.1 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.30
Medical - other 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.7 0.3 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.40
Quarrying 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Academic research + teaching 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Industrial research + teaching 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.6 0.7 0.3 0.0 0.40
Defence - other 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Nuclear industrial - other 0.0 0.8 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.3 0.7 0.7 0.4 0.3 0.0 0.50
Other industrial 0.0 0.1 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.4 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.30
Others 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.6 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.20
Nuclear decommissioning 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.4 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.20
Totals 0.0 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.3 0.1 0.50