What is the maximum permissible dose for a pregnant x-ray machine operater?

The dose limits for a radiation worker who has notified her employer that she is pregnant are for external radiation exposure, an equivalent dose to the surface of her abdomen for the remainder of her pregnancy of 2 millisieverts; and

for internal radiation exposure, 1/20th of the Annual Limit on Intake (ALI) determined by reference to

the values set out in the publication entitled "Dose Co-efficients for Intakes of Radionuclides by

Workers" being ICRP Publication 68 published for the International Commission on Radiological

Protection.

The dose limit in a single planned special exposure referred to in regulation 24 (2) is an effective

dose of 100 millisieverts.