Occupational Dose Evaluation in Support of the Development of the
October, 2012
Rare Element Resources, Inc. Bear Lodge Project
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regulatory occupational dose limits. It is expected that given the level of NORM in the BLP ore
and products, coupled with a reasonable RPP implemented at the site, the occupational dose from
the BLP activities would be well below regulatory limits and can be kept ALARA; meeting the
optimization component of radiation protection principles.
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