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TABLE B1

Summary of mean dose EDE (effective dose equivalent) + CEDE (committed effective dose equivalent) distribution by gender for year 1999

Occupational Category Males Females
Number % of workers Mean Dose Number % of workers Mean Dose
Industrial radiography permanent 1265 3% 0.5 28 1% 0.1
Industrial radiography site 2053 5% 0.9 15 1% 0.1
Reactor operations 5680 15% 0.7 143 5% 0.6
Reactor maintenance 4952 13% 0.8 82 3% 0.2
Fuel fabrication 2530 7% 0.7 142 5% 0.4
Fuel reprocessing 3114 8% 1.1 407 15% 0.7
Waste treatment 268 1% 0.4 21 1% 0.1
Radiation protection 647 2% 0.3 97 4% 0.2
Luminising 1 0% 0 0 0% 0
Application + servicing 1372 4% 0.2 47 2% 0.2
Application + manipulation 1080 3% 0.8 339 13% 0.6
Transport work 82 0% 1.3 2 0% 0.3
Offshore work 715 2% 0.3 13 0% 0.4
Onshore drilling 95 0% 0.1 1 0% 0.2
Coal mining surface 5 0% 0.3 0 0% 0
Other mining underground 64 0% 8.5 0 0% 0
Other mining surface 2 0% 0 0 0% 0
Dental work 4 0% 0.2 1 0% 0
Veterinary work 75 0% 0.1 123 5% 0.1
Medical - doctors 10 0% 0.6 2 0% 1.6
Medical - nurses 0 0% 0 3 0% 0
Medical radiography 18 0% 0.1 20 1% 0.2
Medical physics 25 0% 0.4 4 0% 0.5
Medical - other 62 0% 0.7 31 1% 0.8
Quarrying 33 0% 0.1 1 0% 1.2
Academic research + teaching 541 1% 0.2 75 3% 0
Industrial research + teaching 1296 3% 0.4 186 7% 0.3
Defence - other 2 0% 0.1 0 0% 0
Nuclear industrial - other 6771 17% 0.7 623 23% 0.5
Other industrial 1193 3% 0.3 83 3% 0.3
Others 3348 9% 0.2 156 6% 0.1
Nuclear decommission 1533 4% 0.7 46 2% 0.5
Total all workers 38836   0.7 2691   0.4

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TABLE B2

Distribution of male workers by age for year 1999

Occupational Category Age Range Total
0-15 15-20 20-25 25-30 30-35 35-40 40-45 45-50 50-55 55-60 60-65 65 +
Industrial radiography permanent 0 5 51 96 163 177 206 208 170 118 57 14 1265
Industrial radiography site 0 14 135 204 284 300 392 309 210 121 72 12 2053
Reactor operations 0 5 139 320 582 1007 995 1068 968 458 127 11 5680
Reactor maintenance 0 18 178 360 593 777 773 830 800 420 174 29 4952
Fuel fabrication 0 24 102 168 279 396 501 393 387 202 57 21 2530
Fuel reprocessing 0 7 165 327 440 532 523 451 425 204 38 2 3114
Waste treatment 0 1 12 22 40 43 45 37 24 26 17 1 268
Radiation protection 0 1 21 53 86 120 116 91 70 60 25 4 647
Luminising 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Application + servicing 0 1 56 140 212 224 202 153 176 122 64 22 1372
Application + manipulation 0 2 31 145 149 180 161 166 134 71 38 3 1080
Transport work 0 0 7 3 15 7 9 5 18 13 5 0 82
Offshore work 0 1 49 140 171 121 127 61 29 11 4 1 715
Onshore drilling 0 0 9 32 16 18 8 7 3 1 1 0 95
Coal mining surface 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 5
Other mining underground 0 0 0 1 6 12 14 15 5 8 3 0 64
Other mining surface 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Dental work 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 4
Veterinary work 0 0 1 5 6 11 12 13 14 6 6 1 75
Medical - doctors 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 4 0 3 0 10
Medical - nurses 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Medical radiography 0 0 0 0 1 5 4 4 2 1 1 0 18
Medical physics 0 0 1 1 4 7 4 3 3 1 1 0 25
Medical - other 0 0 2 2 7 11 10 10 9 6 5 0 62
Quarrying 0 1 0 7 10 8 3 1 3 0 0 0 33
Academic research + teaching 0 1 17 67 69 70 63 65 63 72 43 11 541
Industrial research + teaching 0 0 21 90 203 225 211 197 141 100 87 21 1296
Defence - other 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Nuclear industrial - other 0 115 405 660 953 1132 1014 876 823 538 212 43 6771
Other industrial 0 18 78 121 140 167 157 147 166 116 74 9 1193
Others 0 18 103 244 399 527 497 533 502 361 134 30 3348
Nuclear decommission 0 8 56 147 182 226 220 242 222 166 57 7 1533
Totals 0 240 1639 3357 5013 6307 6268 5889 5374 3202 1305 242 38836

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TABLE B3

Distribution of female workers by age for year 1999

Occupational Category Age Range Total
0-15 15-20 20-25 25-30 30-35 35-40 40-45 45-50 50-55 55-60 60-65 65 +
Industrial radiography permanent 0 1 0 2 7 6 4 2 4 1 0 1 28
Industrial radiography site 0 0 2 4 3 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 15
Reactor operations 0 3 13 25 26 35 14 9 7 10 1 0 143
Reactor maintenance 0 1 8 26 12 9 10 6 6 3 1 0 82
Fuel fabrication 0 3 13 22 35 17 20 13 15 3 1 0 142
Fuel reprocessing 0 3 43 112 85 63 39 22 26 12 2 0 407
Waste treatment 0 0 2 4 1 4 4 2 3 0 1 0 21
Radiation protection 0 2 10 20 26 12 6 8 5 6 1 1 97
Luminising 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Application + servicing 0 0 4 16 6 6 6 3 4 2 0 0 47
Application + manipulation 0 1 20 56 66 57 36 28 35 33 7 0 339
Transport work 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Offshore work 0 0 2 9 2 0 0 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 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
Veterinary work 0 10 39 24 21 8 14 5 1 1 0 0 123
Medical - doctors 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2
Medical - nurses 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 3
Medical radiography 0 0 1 1 2 2 2 3 3 4 2 0 20
Medical physics 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 4
Medical - other 0 0 4 6 9 2 6 1 0 3 0 0 31
Quarrying 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Academic research + teaching 0 0 9 20 11 12 13 5 4 0 1 0 75
Industrial research + teaching 0 0 11 39 31 25 25 16 18 16 4 1 186
Defence - other 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nuclear industrial - other 0 6 61 134 125 86 89 52 50 19 1 0 623
Other industrial 0 0 5 5 12 16 15 11 10 5 3 1 83
Others 0 2 14 20 45 27 19 10 11 7 1 0 156
Nuclear decommission 0 0 5 5 10 10 8 6 2 0 0 0 46
Totals 0 32 267 553 537 403 331 206 205 126 27 4 2691

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TABLE B4

Distribution of mean doses EDE (effective dose equivalent) + CEDE (committed effective dose equivalent) for male workers by age for year 1999

Occupational Category Age Range Total
0-15 15-20 20-25 25-30 30-35 35-40 40-45 45-50 50-55 55-60 60-65 65 +
Industrial radiography permanent 0 0.2 0.7 1.9 0.6 0.4 0.3 0.6 0.4 0.2 0.1 0 0.5
Industrial radiography site 0 0.5 1.2 2 0.9 1 0.5 0.7 0.5 1.1 0.4 0.7 0.9
Reactor operations 0 0.3 0.5 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.3 0.7
Reactor maintenance 0 0.5 1.3 1.2 1 1 0.9 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.3 0.1 0.8
Fuel fabrication 0 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.9 0.8 0.7 0.5 0.2 0.7
Fuel reprocessing 0 0 1 1 1 1.3 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.3 1 0.3 1.1
Waste treatment 0 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.6 0.4 0.3 0.1 0.2 0.4 0.4 0.1 0.4
Radiation protection 0 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.2 0 0.3
Luminising 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Application + servicing 0 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.5 0.1 0.2
Application + manipulation 0 0 1.4 0.8 0.7 0.8 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.9 1.1 0 0.8
Transport work 0 0 1.5 1.6 1.7 0.5 0.8 0.2 1.5 1.7 0.9 0 1.3
Offshore work 0 0 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.8 0.4 0.4 0.3 0 0.3
Onshore drilling 0 0 0.5 0.2 0 0 0 0 0.1 0 0 0 0.1
Coal mining surface 0 0 0 0.8 0 0.1 0 0.2 0 0 0 0 0.3
Other mining underground 0 0 0 13.5 6.9 7.7 10.8 8.6 7 9 3.3 0 8.5
Other mining surface 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dental work 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 0 0 0.2 0 0 0 0.2
Veterinary work 0 0 0 0.2 0.1 0.1 0 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.4 0 0.1
Medical - doctors 0 0 0 0 2.7 0 0 0.6 0.3 0 0.3 0 0.6
Medical - nurses 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Medical radiography 0 0 0 0 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.1 0.1 0 0 0 0.1
Medical physics 0 0 0.1 0 1.3 0.3 0.3 0 0 0.1 0.3 0 0.4
Medical - other 0 0 0 0.3 0.7 0.1 0.7 0.4 2.4 0.2 0.6 0 0.7
Quarrying 0 0 0 0.2 0 0.1 0.1 0 0.1 0 0 0 0.1
Academic research + teaching 0 0 0.1 0 0 0.2 0.1 0.4 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.2
Industrial research + teaching 0 0 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.2 0.5 0.2 0 0.4
Defence - other 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1
Nuclear industrial - other 0 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.2 0.7
Other industrial 0 0.1 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3 0 0.3
Others 0 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.2
Nuclear decommission 0 1.1 0.9 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.9 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.4 0.1 0.7
Totals 0 0.5 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.4 0.2 0.7

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TABLE B5

Distribution of mean doses EDE (effective dose equivalent) + CEDE (committed effective dose equivalent) for female workers by age for year 1999

Occupational Category Age Range Total
0-15 15-20 20-25 25-30 30-35 35-40 40-45 45-50 50-55 55-60 60-65 65 +
Industrial radiography permanent 0 0 0 0 0.1 0.1 0 0.1 0 0.1 0 0 0.1
Industrial radiography site 0 0 0 0 0.3 0.1 0.4 0.1 0 0 0 0 0.1
Reactor operations 0 0 0.4 0.7 0.5 0.6 0.8 0.3 1.4 0.3 0.5 0 0.6
Reactor maintenance 0 0 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.1 0.2 0.3 0 0.2
Fuel fabrication 0 0.6 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.7 0.3 0.4 0.2 0 0.4
Fuel reprocessing 0 0.1 0.4 0.8 0.4 0.8 0.8 1 0.8 0.4 0 0 0.7
Waste treatment 0 0 0.3 0 0 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0 0.1 0 0.1
Radiation protection 0 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0 0.3 0.2
Luminising 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Application + servicing 0 0 0.1 0.1 0.6 0.1 0.2 0.7 0.1 0.2 0 0 0.2
Application + manipulation 0 0.1 0.9 0.6 0.3 0.5 0.6 0.4 0.9 0.5 0.3 0 0.6
Transport work 0 0 0 0 0 0.7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3
Offshore work 0 0 0.2 0.5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.4
Onshore drilling 0 0 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2
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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Veterinary work 0 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0 0.2 0.1 0.7 0.9 0 0 0.1
Medical - doctors 0 0 0 0 2.8 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 0 1.6
Medical - nurses 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Medical radiography 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 0.1 0.4 0.2 0.4 0.1 0 0.2
Medical physics 0 0 0 1.2 0.2 0.1 0 0 0.3 0 0 0 0.5
Medical - other 0 0 0.9 1.1 0.4 0 0.4 0 0 3.2 0 0 0.8
Quarrying 0 0 0 1.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.2
Academic research + teaching 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Industrial research + teaching 0 0 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.9 0.3 0.4 0.1 0 0.3
Defence - other 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nuclear industrial - other 0 0.3 0.3 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.8 0.4 0.4 0.8 0 0.5
Other industrial 0 0 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.2 0 0.3
Others 0 0.1 0 0 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.6 0 0.1
Nuclear decommission 0 0 0 0.1 0.1 0.9 1.6 0.1 0 0 0 0 0.5
Totals 0 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.2 0.1 0.4

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