Occupational Radiation Protection in the Uranium Mining and Processing Industry

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: IAEA
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Havertown : International Atomic Energy Agency, 2020.
Colección:Safety Reports Ser.
Temas:
Uranium mines and mining.
Uranium > Mines et extraction.
Uranium mines and mining
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Intro
  • 1. INTRODUCTION
  • 1.1. Background
  • 1.2. Objective
  • 1.3. Scope
  • 1.4. Structure
  • 2. OVERVIEW OF THE URANIUM INDUSTRY AND GENERAL RADIATION PROTECTION
  • 2.1. Global uranium production
  • 2.2. Overall occupational exposure
  • 2.3. Uranium mining and processing stages and techniques
  • 2.3.1. Exploration
  • 2.3.2. Underground mines
  • 2.3.3. Surface mines
  • 2.3.4. In situ leaching mines and processing
  • 2.3.5. Heap leaching
  • 2.3.6. Processing
  • 2.3.7. Non-conventional uranium extraction
  • 2.3.8. Tailings facilities
  • 2.3.9. Transport
  • 2.3.10. Decommissioning
  • 3. GENERAL RADIATION PROTECTION CONSIDERATIONS IN URANIUM MINING AND PROCESSING
  • 3.1. International safety standards
  • 3.2. Scope of regulation
  • 3.3. Responsibilities
  • 3.3.1. The government
  • 3.3.2. The regulatory body
  • 3.3.3. Employers, registrants and licensees (management)
  • 3.3.4. Workers
  • 3.4. Graded approach to regulation
  • 3.5. Specific aspects of radionuclides in the uranium series
  • 3.5.1. Uranium series
  • 3.5.2. Actinium series
  • 3.5.3. Thorium series
  • 4. GENERAL METHODOLOGY FOR CONTROL
  • 4.1. Occupational health and safety considerations
  • 4.1.1. Approach to health and safety: Implementation of a management system
  • 4.1.2. Risk management, hazard analysis and control
  • 4.1.3. Optimizing protection from radiation and other hazards
  • 4.1.4. Safety culture
  • 4.1.5. Emergency and non-conformance management
  • 4.2. Hierarchy of control
  • 4.2.1. Elimination
  • 4.2.2. Substitution
  • 4.2.3. Engineering
  • 4.2.4. Administration
  • 4.2.5. Behaviour
  • 4.2.6. Personal protective equipment
  • 4.3. Dose minimization
  • 4.3.1. Time
  • 4.3.2. Distance
  • 4.3.3. Shielding
  • 4.4. Exposure pathways
  • 4.4.1. External exposure to gamma radiation
  • 4.4.2. Inhalation of radon and radon progeny
  • 4.4.3. Inhalation of long lived radionuclide dust
  • 4.4.4. Contamination control
  • 4.4.5. Ingestion, wound contamination and absorption
  • 5. MONITORING AND DOSE ASSESSMENT
  • 5.1. Objectives of a monitoring programme
  • 5.2. Responsibility for the monitoring programme
  • 5.3. Types of monitoring programme
  • 5.3.1. Demonstration of compliance with regulatory and corporate requirements
  • 5.3.2. Operational control
  • 5.3.3. Purpose of contamination monitoring
  • 5.3.4. Assessment of occupational exposures
  • 5.4. General dose considerations
  • 5.4.1. Limitation of radiation doses
  • 5.4.2. Dose assessment for routine monitoring
  • 5.4.3. Dose assessment for non-routine monitoring
  • 5.4.4. Pregnant and breastfeeding workers
  • 6. RADIATION PROTECTION PROGRAMMES
  • 6.1. Exploration
  • 6.1.1. Process description
  • 6.1.2. Design and operation
  • 6.1.3. Principal exposure pathways
  • 6.1.4. Control mechanisms
  • 6.1.5. Monitoring and dose assessment
  • 6.2. Underground mining
  • 6.2.1. Process description
  • 6.2.2. Design and operation
  • 6.2.3. Principal exposure pathways

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