Hello Mirine,

Thanks a lot for your rapid answer, I am going to transmit this to this mom, 
and see on the radioprotection control and prevention side;
but I have the strong feeling I won't find many things except weaning.... 
(it seems it is what was asked to the mom)
Well...

We are making progress in France, but it is snail's country and progress in 
human lactation/breastfeeding recommandations goes slow-ly  :-)

Thanks for all,
Warmly,
Françoise


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mirine Dye" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Wednesday, August 26, 2009 5:13 PM
Subject: Re: breastfeeding mother working in nuclear plant?


>
> Francoise,
>
>
>
> It will depend on the type of decay she is exposed to. Some have a 
> half-life
> of 20 minutes. Also, workers ( in the US) wear dosimetry monitors to 
> detect
> exposure amounts. Further workplace safety issues include air quality
> monitoring too. For pregnancy the total 9 month dose is allowed to be no
> more than 500mrm. For breastfeeding women is the following:
>
>
>
>
> "A breast-feeding radiation worker is capable of transmitting radioactive
> material to her child if she receives an internal uptake herself.
>
> Not all radioactive material is a concern to breast-feeding women; the
> potential for uptake and subsequent transmission to a child via breast 
> milk
> is greatest for volatile forms of radioiodine, and some potentially 
> volatile
> forms of H-3, S-35, Br 76, and At-211.
>
> A breast-feeding woman may choose to declare her breast-feeding status to
> the Division of Radiation Safety, similar to the "Declaration of 
> Pregnancy"
> policy, above. The declaration form may be obtained from her Area Health
> Physicist.
>
> A declared breast-feeding radiation worker will have her potential for
> internal uptake assessed and precautions agreed upon so that the child's
> dose will be ALARA, below the general public dose limit of 100 millirem 
> per
> year.
>
> The declared breast-feeding worker may rescind her breast-feeding
> declaration at her discretion."
>
> Seeing you are in France, you may have a national guideline too, or 
> perhaps
> contact the WHO Europe Regional Office, as they also have a workplace 
> safety
> program office.
>
>
>
> Hope that helps some,
>
>
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Mirine R. Dye, MPH, CLE
>
> ( and also certified in Radiological Emergency Response, but that deals 
> with
> very big exposures)
> <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
> 305-394-2456
>
>
>
>
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