An arbitrary notional value of a DRL quantity usually set at the 75th percentile of the distribution of the medians of distributions of the DRL quantity observed at: (a) a few healthcare facilities (termed ‘local DRL value’); or (b) multiple facilities throughout a country (termed ‘national DRL value’).
(adapted from ICRP Publication 135, 2017)
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from ICRP Publication 135, 2017
An arbitrary notional value of a DRL quantity set at the 75th percentile of the distribution of the medians of distributions of the DRL quantity observed at: (a) a few healthcare facilities (termed ‘local DRL value’); or (b) multiple facilities throughout a country (termed ‘national DRL value’). Also see ‘Local DRL’ ‘National DRL’ and ‘Regional DRL’.