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Radiation Protection

Federal Guidance Report No. 7: Background Material for the Development of Radiation Protection Standards: Protective Action Guides for Strontium-89, Strontium 90 and Cesium-137

This report provides information and guidance for actions appropriate to situations involving contamination of the environment by the radionuclides strontium-89, strontium-90, and cesium-137.

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Federal Guidance Report No. 7: Background Material for the Development of Radiation Protection Standards: Protective Action Guides for Strontium-89, Strontium 90 and Cesium-137 (PDF)(49 pp, 1 MB, May 1965)