Radiological assessment

Radiological assessment is the process of evaluation of radiological hazards. An initial assessment should be carried out as part of a safety analysis to identify possible events that could warrant urgent protective actions. Specific assessments should be made when a nuclear or radiological emergency occurs and develops. The assessment should be made on the basis of the available information, and should be promptly updated in the light of any information that would yield more accurate results. Post-accident impact assessments should also be carried out. 

Area radiation monitors, including emergency monitors and other instruments with remote readouts in the control room or elsewhere, may be used to make an initial assessment of what has occurred, to decide on urgent protective actions to protect workers and the public. 

In the event of an emergency, an evaluation of personal dosimeter readings and an assessment of internal doses, if necessary, should be made early on, not only to assess doses to personnel, but also to help in estimating dose rates and contamination levels in areas of the research reactor facility. Doses 

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J. E. Till and H. R. Meyer, eds.. Radiological Assessment, A Textbook on Environmental Dose Analysis, NUREG/CR-3332, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washiagton, D.C., 1983 Disposal of Radioactive Waste Review of S afety Assessment Methods, Nuclear Energy Agency, Paris, 1991. 

Musculoskeletal status, including joint range of motion and radiologic assessment as indicated... 

Rose CL, McKay WA, Leonard DRP, et al. 1996. Radioactivity in two tide-washed marsh areas in the eastern Irish Sea A radiological assessment. Sci Total Environ 191 1-13. 

Jackson, P.O., V.W. Thomas, and J.A. Young, Radiological Assessment of the Town of Edgemont, NUREG/CR-4057, Pacific Northwest Laboratory for U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, D.C. (1985). 

Bair, W. J., Richmond, C. R. and Wachholz, B. W. (1974). Radiological Assessment of the Spatial Distribution of Radiation Dose from Inhaled Plutonium, USAEC Report No. WASH-1320 (U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, Washington). 

Cremers, A. Maes, A. In "Scientific Seminar on the application of distribution coefficients to radiological assessment models" Louvain-La-Neuve 1985, (in press). 

Moskowitz SM, Gibson RL, EfEmann EL. Cystic fibrosis lung disease genetic influences, microbial interactions, and radiological assessment. Pediatr Radiol. 2005 35 739-757. 

NCRP. 1984b. National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements. Radiological assessment Predicting the transport, bioaccumulation and uptake by man of radionuclides released to the enviromnent. NCRP Report No. 76. 

T. H. Sibley, C. Myttenaere (Eds.), Application of Distribution Coefficients in Radiological Assessment Models, Elsevier, Amsterdam, 1985... 

National Radiological Protection Board (NRPB) W41, Generalised Habit Data for Radiological Assessments, K R Smith and A L Jones, May 2003. 

The Marine Environmental Laboratory of IAEA located in Monaco is involved in the measurement and understanding of marine radioactivity. Analytical quality assurance, the use of isotopes as tracers and site-specific radiological assessments are central... 

For a detailed scientific account of the findings and the conclusions and recommendation of the Study, the reader is referred to the lAC s Main Report and its supporting Technical Report prepared for the Study of the Radiological Situation at the Atolls of Muroroa and Fangataufa. The reports resulting from the Study, which have been issued by the IAEA in its Radiological Assessment Reports Series, are ... 

IAEA, Radiological Conditions at Bikini Atoll Prospects for Resettlement, Radiological Assessment Reports Series, IAEA, Vienna, 1998. 

Kershaw, P.J., Pentreath, R.J., Harvey, B.R., Lovett, M.B. Boggis, S.J. (1986) Apparent distribution coefficients of transuranium elements in UK coastal waters. In Application of Distribution Coefficients to Radiological Assessment Models, eds, T.H. Sibley and C. Myttenaere, 227-87. Elsevier Applied Science Publishers, London and New York,... 

Ng, Y. C., Colsher, C. S., and Thomson, S. E. (1982). Soil-to-Plant Concentration Factors for Radiological Assessments, Rep. NUREG/CR-2975 UCID-19463, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Berkelay, CA. 

Hricak H, Meux M, Reddy GP. Radiologic assessment of the kidney. In ... 

By working closely with the clinician who performs a careful clinical history and assessment, the pathologist should develop a working differential diagnosis on the basis of the tumor location or radiologic assessment of the tumor, or both. This information is key to using lire and other ancillary techniques as a cost-effective tool in patient care. 

E10.03 El 893-97 Standard Guide for Selection and Use of Portable Radiological Survey Instruments for Performing In Situ Radiological Assessments in Support of Decommissioning... 

The principal form of toxicity of absorbed elemental phosphorus, a destructive jaw process (phossy jaw), has been virtually eliminated by using (a) less white phosphorus in all industrial settings other than the military and (b) efficient adjunctive dental screening of exposed individuals for periods of up to 2 years postexposure. Careful dental screening consists of regular radiological assessment of the mandible for characteristic lesions, early and aggressive treatment of those lesions, and absolute prohibition of further phosphorus exposure.33... 

Other IAEA series that include safety related sales publications are the Technical Reports Series, the Radiological Assessment Reports Series and the INSAG Series. The IAEA also issues reports on radiological accidents and other special sales publications. Unpriced safety related publications are issued in the TECDOC Series, the Provisional Safety Standards Series, the Training Course Series, the IAEA Services Series and the Computer Manual Series, and as Practical Radiation Safety Manuals and Practical Radiation Technical Manuals. 

The release rate data, for all the radionuclides, from all the units in the Kara Sea was then submitted to the Environmental Modelling and Radiological Assessment Working Group of the lASAP for dispersion and dose calculation modelling. 

FIGURE 3.11 Factors influencing radionuclide root uptake. (Based on Sanzharova et al. in TECDOC-1616, IAEA, Quantification of radionuclide transfer in terrestrial and freshwater environments for radiological assessments. Technical, Vienna, Austria, 2009.)... 

In order to make radiological assessments following exposure and to prescribe some therapeutic treatment or other, the mobilisation and transport of actinides from the respiratory tract must be considered. With regard to this, three classes of compound can be identified whifh are of importance and which control mobilisation and transport (ICRP 1980) ... 

The radiological assessment thus involved a detailed analysis of the recycling industry and precise data on the flow of materials. 

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