| Description |
1 online resource (102 pages) |
| Series |
IAEA Safety Standards Ser. ; v. SSG-58
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IAEA Safety Standards Ser.
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| Contents |
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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
| Note |
Movement of portable gauges within the site. |
| Local Note |
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| Subject |
Radiation -- Safety measures.
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Gages.
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Radioactive substances -- Safety measures.
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Gages. |
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Radiation -- Safety measures. |
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Radioactive substances -- Safety measures. |
| Other Form: |
Print version: IAEA. Radiation Safety in the Use of Nuclear Gauges. Havertown : International Atomic Energy Agency, ©2021 |
| ISBN |
9201051220 |
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9789201051226 (electronic bk.) |
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