This Safety Guide provides recommendations and guidance on the safe management of radioactive waste resulting from the mining and milling of ores, with the purpose of protecting workers, the public and the environment from the consequences of these activities. It supplements Safety Standards Series No. WS-R-1, Near Surface Disposal of Radioactive Waste.
The objective of this Safety Guide is to assist Member States in implementing regulatory requirements for radiation sources that will ensure their safety. To that end, this publication provides guidance on infrastructure responsibilities for safety, on methodologies for performing safety assessments and on specific design and operational measures that should be taken to ensure safety throughout…
This publication states the fundamental safety objective and ten associated safety principles, and briefly describes their intent and purpose. The fundamental safety objective — to protect people and the environment from harmful effects of ionizing radiation — applies to all circumstances that give rise to radiation risks. The safety principles are applicable, as relevant, throughout the en…
At its meeting in May 1978, Committee 4 on the application of the Commission’s Recommendations decided to revise ICRP Publication I?: “General Principles of Monitoring for Radiation Protection of Workers”, adopted in May 1968, in order to achieve coherence with the Commission’s Recommendations published in ICRP Publicatiorl26: “Recommendations of the International Commission on Ra…
The International Basic Safety Standards for Protection against Ionizing Radiation and for the Safety of Radiation Sources (the ‘Standards’ or ‘BSS’) were published as IAEA Safety Series No. 115 in 1996 [1]. This publication was the culmination of efforts over past decades towards harmonization of radiation protection and safety standards internationally, and was jointly sponsored by th…
public authorities and others who are responsible for preparing emergency plans for the handling of radiation accidents with the aim of minimizing the resulting exposure of workers and of m embers of the public, and of reducing as far as , practicable any damage to property. This guidance m ust necessarily be of a general nature as it is not possible to predict with any precision the form which…
Gamma and electron irradiation facilities have to be constructed so that during normal use any radiation exposure of workers will be very low and there is no significant exposure to individual members of the public. However, significant radiation exposure may result from loss of control over or damage to the radiation source. In extreme cases the exposures may be sufficient to cause serious inj…
This Safety Report compares the requirements of IAEA Safety Standards Series No. GS-R-3, The Management System for Facilities and Activities, and the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Quality Assurance Requirements for Nuclear Facility Applications (ASME NQA-1-2008, NQA-1a-2009). It identifies the similarities and differences between them and provides information and guidance to a…
This Safety Report provides guidance on the establishment and operation of calibration facilities for radiation monitoring instruments. It reflects the current internationally accepted principles and recommended practices in calibration procedures, taking account of the major changes and developments that have occurred over the past decade.
This Safety Report provides guidance on the establishment and operation of calibration facilities for radiation monitoring instruments. It reflects the current internationally accepted principles and recommended practices in calibration procedures, taking account of the major changes and developments that have occurred over the past decade.