Radiation Safety in the Use of Nuclear Gauges : Specific Safety Guide.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: IAEA
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Havertown : International Atomic Energy Agency, 2021.
Colección:IAEA Safety Standards Ser.
Temas:
Radiation > Safety measures.
Gages.
Radioactive substances > Safety measures.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Intro
  • 1. INTRODUCTION
  • Background
  • Objective
  • Scope
  • Structure
  • 2. DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
  • General
  • The government and the regulatory body
  • The operating organization
  • Safety culture
  • Human factors
  • Radiation protection officers
  • Qualified experts
  • Workers
  • Cooperation between employers and registrants and licensees
  • Workers on short term contracts (itinerant workers)
  • The client
  • 3. SAFETY ASSESSMENT
  • General
  • Methodology for the safety assessment
  • Outcomes of the safety assessment
  • Reviews of the safety assessment
  • Record of the safety assessment
  • Graded approach
  • Optimization of protection and safety
  • 4. RADIATION PROTECTION PROGRAMME
  • Objectives and scope
  • Structure and content
  • Management structure and policies
  • Programme of education and training
  • Local rules and supervision
  • Radiation safety committee
  • Designation of controlled areas and supervised areas
  • Programme of workplace monitoring
  • Arrangements for individual monitoring
  • Health surveillance programme
  • Periodic reviews and audits of the performance of the radiation protection programme
  • Management system and process improvement
  • 5. TRAINING AND QUALIFICATION OF PERSONS WORKING WITH NUCLEAR GAUGES
  • General
  • Design of a training programme
  • Structure and content of the training course
  • Refresher training
  • Training assessments and certification
  • 6. INDIVIDUAL MONITORING OF WORKERS
  • General
  • Dose limits for occupational radiation protection
  • Individual dose assessment using passive dosimeters
  • Active personal dosimeters
  • Record keeping
  • Investigation of doses exceeding dose limits
  • Dosimetry equipment testing and calibration
  • 7. WORKPLACE MONITORING
  • Monitoring programme
  • Selection, maintenance and calibration of workplace monitoring instruments
  • 8. CONTROL OF RADIOACTIVE SOURCES
  • 9. NUCLEAR SECURITY CONSIDERATIONS
  • The interfaces between safety and nuclear security
  • Security measures
  • 10. SAFE HANDLING OF RADIOACTIVE SOURCES AND RADIATION GENERATORS
  • General
  • Sealed radioactive sources
  • Marking and labelling of nuclear gauges containing radioactive sources
  • Neutron radiation generators used in installed nuclear gauges
  • X ray generators used in installed nuclear gauges
  • Source changers and shipping containers
  • Storage of radioactive sources from nuclear gauges
  • Maintenance of nuclear gauges
  • Leak testing of radioactive sources in nuclear gauges
  • Cessation of use and removal of nuclear gauges
  • 11. USE OF PORTABLE NUCLEAR GAUGES
  • Preparation for work on other sites
  • Designation of controlled areas and supervised areas on the site
  • Warning notices
  • Supervising and monitoring the area
  • Training of users of portable gauges
  • Temporary storage of portable nuclear gauges
  • Completion of work and removal of sources from the site
  • 12. TRANSPORT OF RADIOACTIVE SOURCES

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