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08 July 2008

Answer to Question #3429 Submitted to "Ask the Experts"

Category: Radiation Effects — Low-Dose Effects

The following question was answered by an expert in the appropriate field:

Is it true that you can only be a nuclear medicine technologist for five years because of the radiation exposure?

There is no time limit for careers in which individuals are occupationally exposed to radiation—such as nuclear medicine technologists. There are annual exposure limits that must be observed. With adequate precautions and careful techniques, these limits are rarely any problem in nuclear medicine. For more information see the reports of the National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements.

S. Julian Gibbs, DDS, PhD

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