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New IAEA Online Platform to Enhance Clarity of Communication on Radiation Safety and Protection
The IAEA has launched a new online training platform, the Radiation Safety Navigator, to help radiation safety professionals better communicate to the general public about radiation risks, safety and protection.
Access the platform here.
A new ICRP Publication
Publication 149, Occupational Radiological Protection in Brachytherapy has just been published on the ICRP web site. This publication is focused specifically on occupational exposure during brachytherapy, and brings together information relevant to brachytherapy and occupational safety from the Commission's published documents.
IAEA Survey on Radiation Protection and the Management of Radioactive Waste in the Oil and Gas Industry
The IAEA has been decided to revise the Safety Report on Radiation Protection and the Management of Radioactive Waste in the Oil and Gas Industry (SR-34).The purpose of this revision is to provide updated practical guidance on radiation protection and the management of radioactive waste in the oil and gas industry, consistent with current IAEA safety standards, including the implications of the new technologies with a focus on unconventional oil and gas exploration and production, and implementing a graded approach to the protection of worker against exposures from NORM and for the management of NORM residues.
To
collect feedback from Member States on the utilization of SR-34, a
survey has been prepared and, by completing this survey, the Member States will
contribute to the knowledge base to ensure a comprehensive and useful safety
report for Oil and Gas Industry. The survey is available in Arabic, Chinese, English, French, and Russian, and can be assessed online by using the links provided.
European Radiation Dosimetry Group has published a new repot EURADOS Comparison of Codes Assessing Radiation Exposure at Aviation Altitudes in Case of Solar Particle Events. It compares route doses and dose rates at flight altitudes due to solar cosmic radiation (SCR) associated with ground level enhancements (GLEs) as calculated by means of nine available computer codes. Access the Report »
This webinar will present details of the recently published ICRU report 94, which resulted from a joint action between EURADOS and ICRU. Experts from EURADOS WG10 retrospective dosimetry together with international experts selected by ICRU worked together in the ICRU Report Committee. The report describes dosimetry methods for use in dose assessment for individuals following acute exposure to radiation.
The webinar will take place on 8 July 2021, 16:00 GMT
The webinar will provide the overview installation procedure of the New Dose Management System (DMS) released by IAEA for African Member States. The operational experiences of the new DMS in Ghana will also be presented.
The Dose Management System DMS is a software developed under the IAEA Technical Cooperation Project RAF9057: "Strengthening National Capabilities on Occupational Radiation Protection in compliance with Requirements of the New International Basic Safety Standards" with the aim to assist Member States in enhancing the monitoring capability of occupationally exposed workers.
The DMS will provide the dosimetry service laboratories with a tool for the management of dose information on both, external and internal exposure of occupationally exposed workers. The DMS has its functions of entering and updating employment data, registering occupationally exposed workers, maintaining and analysing doses resulting from internal and/or external exposure, and producing reports and correlating results.
Language: English
The webinar will take place on 29 June 2021, 09:00 GMT-10:30 GMT
Participants
of this webinar will learn
about the IAEA GSR Part 3, GSG-7 and TECDOC 1954 approach for nuclear
decommissioning, the decommissioning strategy, regulatory requirements, records
and information systems, the management and analysis of occupational radiation
exposure records, practical information on occupational radiation protection
and examples from the nuclear industry, independent verification and practices
and lessons learned.
The webinar will take place on 30 June 2021 at 2.00 pm CET.
New Vacancy Announcements
The Division of Radiation, Transport, and Waste Safety (NSRW) at IAEA is seeking the new Radiation Safety and Monitoring Programme Officers.
New vacancy announcement for the fixed term contract >>
New vacancy announcement for the short-term contract >>
The 5th EURADOS webinar: Dosimetry for Workplace and Environmental Radiation Monitoring
The Webinar will provide an overview on the situation of passive dosimetry systems used for enviromental radiation monitoring in Europe, covering the majority of the European countries. The results of the intercomparisons on the calibration methodologies will also be presented.
The webinar will take place on 9 June 2021 at 3.30 pm CET.
This IAEA technical publication entitled Occupational Radiation Protection during the Decommissioning of Nuclear Installations covers the main aspects of management, planning and conduct. It presents practical information on occupational radiation protection and examples with good practices from the nuclear industry on how to comply with the requirements established in IAEA Safety Standards Series No. GSR Part 3, Radiation Protection and Safety of Radiation Sources: International Basic Safety Standards, within the context of decommissioning activities.
Taking account of the fact that over 70% of the world's nuclear reactors are to be decommissioned by 2040, this publication can be used in the planning of new decommissioning projects and for improvements in the implementation of existing decommissioning projects. Useful input for licensing and supervision of decommissioning projects are also provided.
More than 300 users worldwide have already signed up to two new e-learning courses on radiation protection of workers, recently launched by the IAEA: Occupational Radiation Protection based on General Safety Guide No. GSG-7and Management and Control of Naturally Occurring Radioactive Material (NORM). The material focuses on how to further strengthen worker protection and occupational exposure control, and provides guidance on monitoring and recording methodologies.
"The courses contain practical examples drawn from occupational radiation protection related requirements of IAEA General Safety Requirements GSR Part 3 and are tailored to the needs of employers, licensees and registrants; management bodies and their specialist advisers and health and safety committees concerned with the radiation protection of workers,” said Burcin Okyar, IAEA Radiation Safety Specialist and the Technical Officer responsible for the development of courses.
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European ALARA Network: Article on the graded approach for workplaces 
“The concept of a 'graded approach' is commonly found in regulations and standards, e.g. in IAEA Safety Guides 2 , ICRP Publications 3 etc. The definition of a graded approach may vary across organizations but the broad principle is that the requirements to manage an activity or practice are commensurate with the level of risk and potential hazards of the activity/practice ... ”
This article on the Graded Approach for Workplaces in the Context of the Implementation of Directive Euratom 2013/59 is the synthesis of an EAN and ERPAN brainstorming meeting and survey. It is published in the European ALARA Network newsletter.
The course entitled Management and Control of Naturally Occurring Radioactive Material (NORM) provides guidance based on GSG-7 on fulfilling the requirements of GSR Part 3 with respect to worker protection in industrial processes/operations involving NORM. The course includes 15 modules, takes around 7 hours to complete and offers guidance on: regulatory control (focusing on the application of a graded approach); the characterization of NORM and the assessment of exposures; and the transport of NORM.
Before taking this course, participants are advised to complete the training on Occupational Radiation Protection based on General Safety Guide No. GSG-7.
The course is publicly available in English within the IAEA’s learning management system and offers a certificate of completion.
La Red de Optimización de Protección Radiológica Ocupacional en Latinoamérica y el Caribe (REPROLAM) coordinada por Brasil, ha ofreciendo actualmente tres seminarios web para el año 2021.
Los temas incluyen: evaluación de seguridad, registro nacional de dosis y dosimetría interna. El tercer y último seminario web se celebrará el 22 de abril con el título "Bases Para La Dosimetría Interna y Desafíos Actuales en La Región Latinoamericana y el Caribe". Los seminarios web realizados anteriormente están disponibles como grabaciones de video.
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This webinar will give initially specific information about internal dosimetry methods, the most common cytogenetic techniques used in biological dosimetry and EPR dosimetry applied to tooth enamel. Some real-case scenarios will be presented, for which dose estimates obtained from bioassay data as well as with biological and/or EPR dosimetry are compared and critically discussed. Most of the time internal exposures are accompanied by external exposures, which makes the interpretation of results very complicated.
The webinar will take place on 23 April 2021 at 2 pm CET.
EURADOS Working Group 2 (WG2) 'Harmonization of Individual Monitoring in Europe' will present the three short seminars covering: ISO/IEC guidance for individual monitoring services: overview of the EURADOS Report 2020–02 (Biljana Petrovic, PHIRS); QC Example: Dummy Customer (Francesco Rossi, AOU Careggi University Hospital); and accreditation experience (Ana M. Romero, CIEMAT).
The webinar will take place on 10 March 2021 at 2.30 pm CET.
The IAEA has released new
training material on occupational radiation protection. The material is based on
GSG‑7, which provides general guidance on the development of occupational
radiation protection programmes in accordance with the requirements of GSR Part
3, and addresses the sources of radiation likely to be encountered in workplaces.
The course is publicly available in English within the IAEA’s learning management system.
International NORM X Symposium: first announcement released
Under the auspices of the Dutch Society for Radiation Protection (NVS), the Dutch foundation Radiation Protection Symposium North-West Europe is organizing the 10th international symposium on NORM to take place 9–13 May, 2022, in Utrecht, Netherlands. The theme will be '25 years of NORM Symposia. Future: residues applied in a circular economy'.
EURADOS call for Calibration Laboratory for IC2022n, deadline 28 February 2021
EURADOS-WG2 ('Harmonisation of Individual Monitoring') intends to organize a European intercomparison exercise in the field of personal neutron dosimetry (IC2022n) to be announced end of 2021. Approximately 30 individual monitoring services (participants) are expected to send their routine whole body dosemeters to this intercomparison.
EURADOS is seeking a Calibration Laboratory to perform the irradiation tests during Summer 2022. If you are interested, please request a questionnaire from marie-anne.chevallier@irsn.fr. Questionnaires must be submitted by 28 February 2021.
EURADOS to hold webinar on workplace exposure facilities at CERN
The second webinar of the European Radiation Dosimetry Group (EURADOS) webinar series will cover workplace exposure facilities at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN): the CERN-EU high-energy Reference Field facility (CERF) and the CERN Shielding Benchmark Facility (CSBF). It will be presented by Working Group 11: High energy radiation fields.
The webinar will be held on Tuesday, 19 January 2021 at 4pm (GMT). Participation is free.
Register here>>
IRPA Guiding Principles in Optimisation of Radiation Protection: draft 2 ready for review
IRPA Associate Societies and international organizations are invited to review and comment on the second draft of the International Radiation Protection Association (IRPA) Guiding Principles on Reasonableness in Optimisation of Radiation Protection. (Please note the slight change of title.)
The second draft is considered to reflect views from within the profession but must also take into account wider perspectives. Comments should be submitted by 31 January 2021.
EURADOS to Launch New Webinar Series Starting Thursday 17 December
The European Radiation Dosimetry Group (EURADOS) will launch a new webinar series this month as part of its online activity in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The first webinar will be presented by Working Group 10: Retrospective Dosimetry and is entitled, EURADOS WG 10 and RENEB 2019 biological and physical retrospective dosimetry field test. Participation is free.
Register here>>
New Vacancy Announcement
The Division of Radiation, Transport, and Waste Safety (NSRW) at IAEA is seeking the next Radiation Safety Technical Services Unit Head.
ORPAS
Guidelines have been published
The IAEA’s Occupational Radiation Protection Appraisal
Service (ORPAS) is one of the review missions of the IAEA to advise Member States, upon request, on ways
to strengthen and enhance their legislative and regulatory infrastructure for
occupational radiation protection; technical services relating to protection
and safety and practical implementation of their arrangements for occupational
radiation protection.
These ORPAS Guidelines provide Guidance to host countries,
peer reviewers and IAEA Coordinators on the preparation, conduct and reporting
of ORPAS missions and follow-up missions.
IACRS notes that national authorities consider that the requirements in GSR Part 3 for managing radon exposure in homes and workplaces continue to be appropriate and do not need to be changed at this time.
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The Dose Management System (DMS) for African Member States has been released by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). The DMS is a software developed under the IAEA Technical Cooperation Project RAF9057: “Strengthening National Capabilities on Occupational Radiation Protection in compliance with Requirements of the New International Basic Safety Standards” with the aim to assist Member States in enhancing the monitoring capability of occupationally exposed workers. Read more »
The IAEA is implementing a new book production process that allows for the creation of e-books along with the usual hard copies and pdfs. The Safety Report on Occupational Radiation Protection in the Uranium Mining and Processing Industry (SR-100) is among the first to be produced in this way. Access the Report »
European Radiation Dosimetry Group has published a new repot EURADOS Intercomparison 2016 for Whole Body Dosemeters in Photon and Mixed Radiation Fields. It describes the set-up of the fifth intercomparison exercise for whole body dosemeters, IC2016, and gives an extended overview of the results. Access the Report »
The IAEA’s laboratory providing radiation monitoring and protection services has recently received its accreditation to a newly published revised edition of an international standard, certifying that it meets the highest level of quality in consistent operation and impartiality. Full story »
On 24 June at 10 AM CEST, the IAEA held a webinar on the individual monitoring with radiophotoluminescence (RPL) passive integrating dosimeters.
Speakers were Burçin Okyar, Michael Hajek, and Roman Abutalipov from IAEA, and Yasuhiro Koguchi from Japan, and Alain Savary from France. Recording »
The IAEA Information System on Occupational Exposure in Medicine, Industry and Research (ISEMIR-IR) focuses on optimization of radiation protection in industrial radiography. The report contains a review of the system, an actual status of the database and a summary of activities for the year of 2019.
Go to the Report »
The annual World Day for Safety and Health at Work is celebrated on 28 April, and to commemorate it, we are presenting a recent IAEA Safety Report providing hands-on guidance for regulators, operators, workers representatives, health, safety and environmental professionals on occupational radiation protection.
Full story »
The recording of the webinar with IAEA and worldwide experts is now online. Full story »
EURADOS recommendations to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic
These recommendations are issued as a guide for the operation of Individual Monitoring Services (IMS), Calibration Laboratories and other stakeholders involved in dosimetry during the current COVID-19 pandemic. Full story »
Those interested have until 15 April to submit extended abstracts for oral presentations or posters for the International Conference on Radiation Safety, to be held in Vienna from 9 to 13 November 2020. Full story »
Interested contributors have until 27 March 2020 to submit abstracts for the International Conference on the Management of Naturally Occurring Radioactive Materials (NORM) in Industry, to be held in Vienna, 19-23 October 2020. Full story »
Sri Lanka’s programme to monitor workers exposed to radiation through their jobs is well-established and would benefit from long-term planning, sustainable coordination and stronger cooperation and consultation among stakeholders. This was the conclusion of an IAEA Occupational Radiation Protection Appraisal Service (ORPAS) mission to the country conducted in December 2019. Full story »
ICRP Publication 142 on Radiological Protection from Naturally Occuring Radioactive Material (NORM) in Industrial Processes, is now available from the SAGE Publishing website.
More information»
The 2019 ISOE International Symposium on Occupational Exposure Management at Nuclear Facilities was held from 22to 24 October 2019 in Beijing, China. The symposium was organized by the ISOE IAEA Technical Centre in collaboration with the Nuclear and Radiation Safety Centre (NSC) and the Ministry of Ecology and Environment of China. Full story »
The Fifth Asian Radiation Dosimetry Group (ARADOS) Annual meeting, hosted by the National Institute for Radiological Protection (NIRP) / China CDC and the National Institute of Metrology (NIM) / China was organized in Beijing/China from 6 to 8 November 2019. Full story »
The Ninth International Symopisum on Naturally Occurring Radioactive Material (NORM IX) was organized from 23 to 27 September 2019 in Denver, USA. The Symposium conluded with messages on Science, Awareness and Solutions for the Safe Management on NORM.
Full story »
Training Course on Occupational Radiation Protection in Mining and Processing of Uranium
The Training Course on Occupational Radiation Protection in Mining and Processing of Uranium was organized from 9 to 13 September 2019 in Almaty/ Kazakhstan in collaboration with the Government of Kazakhstan through NAC Kazatomprom JSC and hosted by Kazakhstan Nuclear University. Full story »
An expert mission to review the occupational radiation protection arrangements in the country and to make suggestions for possible improvements in the individual monitoring service laboratory operated by the Nepal Academy of Science and Technology (NAST) was conducted from 1 to 3 July 2019. Meeting report »
Over 400 experts discussed how to ensure accurate measurements in radiation dosimetry at the IAEA’s International Symposium on Standards, Applications and Quality Assurance in Medical Radiation Dosimetry, which took place in Vienna from 18 to 21 June. Full story »
The ORPNET is pleased to announce that the
2018 Edition of the IAEA Safety Glossary
has been published online.
The 2018 Edition of the Safety Glossary takes into account new terminology and usage in all safety standards issued since 2007. Please use the IAEA Safety Glossary in your work and note that worker is defined as "any person who works, whether full time, part time or temporarily, for an employer and who has recognized rights and duties in relation to occupational radiation protection. A self-employed person is regarded as having the duties of both an employer and a worker".
CRCPD is pleased to announce that registration for NORM IX Symposium is now open. Learn how NORM is managed around the world and discuss safety and environmental impacts from NORM, as well as best practices for NORM Management. The Symposium will include presentations, posters, training and round table sessions from industry representatives, scientists, regulators and other stakeholders.
NORM IX will be hosted for the first time in the United States, in beautiful downtown Denver, Colorado, 23-27 September 2019. View the
flyer and
agenda attached to learn more, or visit
www.CRCPD.org/NORMIX to register for this exciting event.
Participants from 14 Caribbean and Latin American countries whose work involve nuclear or other radioactive material strengthened their ability to use analysis of radiological and other accidents to strengthen safety culture during a recent IAEA-organized meeting in Santiago de Chile. Full story »
How to strengthen protection of workers exposed to radiation in their jobs by using a new IAEA Safety Standard on Occupational Radiation Protection (GSG-7) was the focus of a recent workshop in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, organized by the IAEA and the International Labour Organization (ILO) in collaboration with Brazil. Full story »
The IAEA hosted a new training course organized by the European Radiation Dosimetry Group (EURADOS) this week, enabling 30 entry-level internal dosimetry professionals to learn about monitoring for occupational intakes of radionuclides.The course, which is planned to be held every two years, focused on a European Commission Radiation Protection Series guidance document developed by EURADOS. Full story »
The Working Group Meeting to review the results of the regional intercomparison exercise on individual monitoring in the African region, was held 25-27 February 2019 in the IAEA headquarters in Vienna, Austria. The meeting was attended by experts from Algeria, Ghana and Tanzania. The experts performed a review of the results of the regional intercomparison exercise, delivered guidance for future improvements in the area of individual monitoring for external exposure and proposed an action plan for future intercomparison exercises.Full story »
The 2018 Intercomparison Exercise announced in January 2018 focused on external monitoring, specifically on passive dosimeters (such as TLD, OSL, RPL and film) used for the assessment of Hp(10) and/or Hp(0.07). An evaluation workshop to discuss the Intercomparison Exercise and finalise the report was conducted in 19-21 February 2019. Full story »
The Australasian Radiation Protection Society (ARPS) and Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency (ARPANSA) organizes the 5th International Symposium on the System of Radiological Protection from 19 to 23 November 2019 in Australia. Full story »
The IAEA Technical Centre of the Information System on Occupational Exposure (ISOE), in collaboration with the Nuclear and Radiation Safety Centre, Ministry of Ecology and Environment of China is organizing the 2019 ISOE International Symposium on Occupational Exposure Management at Nuclear Facilities. The Symposium will be held in Beijing, China, from 22th to 24th October 2019. Full story »
A sample National Dose Registry is now available by the National Institute for Radiological Protection, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). This is a test version available for downloads at the official web-site of African ALARA Network (AFAN) Full story »
Bosnia and Herzegovina has a well-built infrastructure for protecting its approximately 3,000 workers who are exposed to radiation as part of their jobs, according to the conclusions of a recent Occupational Radiation Protection Appraisal Service (ORPAS), the second to be hosted by a European country. Full story »
The series of NORM webinars will address the different aspects of proper worker protection in industrial activities involving NORM, including regulatory framework, realistic dose assessment, role of Technical Support Organisations, and involvement of stakeholders. The very first webinar will provide an overview of the regulatory framework for proper control of occupational exposure, consistent and pragmatic approaches for the management and regulation on NORM. Full story »
Two new IAEA safety guides provide extensive recommendations and guidance to enhance radiation protection of patients subjected to radiological procedures for diagnosis and treatment, and workers who are exposed to radiation in their jobs. The guides support the implementation of IAEA Safety Standards on radiation protection and safety of radiation sources. Full story »
The Regional Meeting on the Organization and Implementation of the National Dose Registry (NDR) was organized by the Government of Botswana through the Radiation Protection Inspectorate, in Gaborone, Botswana, 13-17 August 2018. The meeting was a planned activity under the IAEA Regional Technical Cooperation Project, RAF9057 Strengthening National Capabilities on Occupational Radiation Protection in Compliance with Requirements of the New International Basic Safety Standards. Full story »
