Radiation Protection
A Systematic Approach to Safety
Published on 2. October 2013
648 pages
978-1-4832-8369-2 (ISBN)
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Radiation Protection: A Systematic Approach to Safety is a collection of papers that deals with the control, management, and prevention of toxic agents. One paper presents design measures, evaluated in a balanced program, as a practicable method to lessen occupational radiation exposure. Another paper cites the radiation protection aspects practiced in the decommissioning of the Fuel Reprocessing Plant at Trombay, which was designed to chemically process irradiated nuclear fuel. One paper describes a methodology to evaluate a collective dose of exposure through different routes following the release of radioactive material into the atmosphere. These routes include: (1) inhalation of the material from the initial cloud or that arising from the ground; (2) external irradiation from radioactive decay of the material in the cloud or in the air; (3) and as ingestion of radionuclides transferred through the food chain. One paper compares the chemical and radiation hazards to man using an analytical model, based on radiation biological concepts at the molecular level, to show the effects of other agents. The analytical model is also capable of predicting that a synergistic interaction between two different mutagenic agents can occur at the molecular level. The collection will prove useful for nuclear physicists and scientists, occupational health professionals, and researchers in the field of nuclear medicine and engineering.
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Volume 1List of ContributorsSievert Lecture Some Non-Scientific Influences on Radiation Protection Standards and PracticeOccupational Exposure Reducing Occupational Radiation Exposures at LWRs Radiation Protection Aspects in Decommissioning of a Fuel Reprocessing Plant The Practical Application of ICRP Recommendations Regarding Dose-Equivalent Limits for Workers to Staff in Diagnostic X-Ray Departments Radiation Protection in the Dental Profession The Development of Criteria for Limiting the Non-Stochastic Effects of Non-Uniform Skin Exposure Occupational Exposures Associated with Laser Heat Sealers Investigation of the Nature of a Contamination Caused by Tritium Targets Used for Neutron Production Les Problemes de Radioprotection Rencontres Dans un Laboratoire de Marquage de Molecules au Carbone-11 Some Radiation Protection Problems in a Cancer Hospital and Associated Research Institute Problemes de Radioprotection Rencontres Dans un Laboratoire de Controle Radiopharmaceutique - Irradiation des Extremites des Mains Health Physics Evaluation of an Acute Overexposure to a Radiography Source Contamination of Persons Occupationally Exposed to Natural Radioactivity in a Coal Fired Power Plant Occupational Thyroid Exposure Due to Internal Radioiodine Contamination in Radiation Workers Handling Iodine-131(125) for Non-Therapeutic Use Personnel Dosimetry System Based on TLD at PNC Tokai Works Mean and Individual Radiation Exposures of the Staff of the Karlsruhe Nuclear Research Center, 1969-1978 Personnel Hazards from Medical Electron Accelerator Photoneutrons Investigation Levels of Radioisotopes in the Body and in Urine.
