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Due to a lapse in appropriations, the NRC has ceased normal operations. However, excepted and exempted activities necessary to maintain critical health and safety functions—as well as essential progress on designated critical activities, including those specified in Executive Order 14300—will continue, consistent with the OMB-Approved NRC Lapse Plan.

Health Physics Questions and Answers - Question 139

Question 139: In-vivo measurements for an incoming worker could indicate that the worker's internal dose, as determined and recorded by the preceding licensee, was incorrect. What action would the NRC expect the current licensee to take?

Answer: The NRC would expect the licensee to correct the erroneous dose, document the reasons for that correction, and inform the worker about this correction.

(Reference: 10 CFR 20.2104)

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