Radiation Safety Program

NCRP (1978a). National Council on Radiation Protection and Measure ments, Operational Radiation Safety Program, NCRP Report No. 59 (National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements Bethesda, Maryland). 

SC 46-2 Uranium Mining and Milling—Radiation Safety Programs SC 46-3 ALARA for Occupationally Exposed Individuals in Clinical Radiology... 

Each radiation safety program should have an established survey program to monitor the radiation and contamination levels in the laboratory so that the individual user can maintain a safe working environment. The measurements can identify and measure individual radionuclides or measure radiation dose. The dosimetry program should monitor exposures to individuals from external radiation or internal—ingested or inhaled—radionuclides, and also in areas of the laboratory. 

Contamination may arise from poor laboratory practices, in which case the organization s radiation safety program must be prepared to take whatever steps are necessary to ensure that these practices are corrected. No such situation should be allowed to persist for long in a well-managedorganization.ln a properly run laboratory,accidents orspills should be themajorsource of contamination of the facility. Even such incidents should be very infrequent in a well-run facility. 

The following DOE Orders and Federal Regulations are applicable to HCF radiation-safety programs. 

RET. Recommended exposure limit RSP Radiation Safety Program... 

The NRC or authorized state agencies conduct unannounced inspections of all licensed facilities. These inspections should go well if your facility has a strong radiation safety program. The NRC issues citations and fines for failures to protect workers and to follow requirements. 

P. E. Hamrick. Ionizing Radiation Radiation Safety Program Elements. In Handbook of Chemical Health and Safety (R. I. Alaimo, ed) Oxford University Press, New York, 2001, Chapter 62, pp. 428-435. 

FIGURE 7.3.2.1 Radiation Symbol. This symbol is found on signs in laboratories where radiation is used. In the U.S. the symbol is often pink on a yellow background. This symbol is required to be used in radiation safety programs to identify sources of radiation. 

Noise control Radiation safety program Lasers... 

Task Group 1 on Warning and Personnel Security Systems Task Group 2 on Uranium Mining and Milling—Radiation Safety Programs... 

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