IAEA International Atomic Energy Agency

Current IAEA activities on Occupational

Radiation Protection

Jizeng MA Radiation Protection of Workers and Monitoring Unit

Radiation Safety and Monitoring Section

TM on Itinerant workers, 21--24 November 2011

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Contents

• Radiation Safety Standards

• TM on International Action Plan on

Occupational Radiation Protection

• Ongoing Projects

• International and Regional ALARA Networks

and Meetings

• Providing Services for In-house and member

states

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Revison of BSS

• Approved by Board of Governor, Sept. 2011

• One month for comments from Member States

since the change of dose limit of lens of eye,

dealine: 8th, July

• Interim Version available with different

languages (http://www-

pub.iaea.org/MTCD/publications/PDF/p1531

_startpage.pdf)

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Development of Safety Standards (1)

• Recently published:

• Radiation Protection and NORM Residue

Management in the Production of Rare Earths

from Thorium containing Minerals Safety

Reports Series 68

• Exposure of the Public from Large Deposits of

Mineral Residues IAEA TECDOC 1660

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Development of Safety Standards (2)

• Recently published:

• Naturally Occurring Radioactive Material

(NORM VI)

Proceedings of an International Symposium held

in Marrakech, Morocco, 22-26 March 2010

Proceedings Series - International Atomic

Energy Agency

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Recent publications

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Development of Safety Standards (3)

• The following documents are on-going: • 1. DPP SG Occupational Radiation Protection was

approved by CSS during the first week of

Novemeber, 2011

• 2. SR：Protection of pregnant workers （Finished）

• 3. SR: Radiation protection of itinerant workers,

Draft document， TM to be held

• 4. SR: Radiation protection and NORM residue

management in the Phosphate Industry, CS held,

near finishing.

• 5. SR: Radiation protection and NORM residue

management in the Titanium dioxide and related

industries,

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Development of Safety Standards (4)

The following documents are ongoing (draft

document):

6. SR on Neutron Monitoring

7. SR on Individual Monitoring Services.

8. 2 TecDocs on WBC and (neutron and

gamma monitoring) Intercomparisons

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International plan on ORP

• The Fifth Meeting of the Steering Committee

of the International Action Plan for

Occupational Radiation Protection(IAPORP)

was held in Vienna, 15-17 June 2011

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TM on IAPROP

• Started after Geneva Conference on occupational

radiation protection， with ILO and others;

• All 14 actions had been successfully completed,

IAPORP should be closed;

• Main outcome: documents, E&T materials, ALARA

Network, Website (ORPNET);

• New challenges are still facing;

• New mechanism for ORP should be considered

• Second International Conference for

Occupational Radiation Protection

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Projects

• International Action Plan on Occupational Radiation

Protection (IAPORP)

• Information System on Occupational Exposure (ISOE)

• Occupational Radiation Protection Networks

• Information System on Occupational Exposure in

Medicine, Industry and Research (ISEMIR)

• Enhancing Occupational Radiation Protection for

Uranium Mining (New)

• Development of Dose Management System(DMS)

• Development of Software of ORPAS for SAT

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Development of Dose Management

System(DMS)

• Dose Management System(DMS):

• Currently used in the individual monitoring

laboratory and IAEA in house

• DMS provided for some Member States for dose

management, new version is requested

• New version will strengthen the dose

management in Technical Cooperation, and the

link to Human Resource

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Development of Software of ORPAS

for SAT

• OCCUPATIONAL

• RADIATION

• PROTECTION

• APPRAISAL

• SERVICE

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ORP in Member States

Technical

Services

End User Regulator

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Development of Software of ORPAS

for SAT

• All questionnaires updated with new

technical information

• Contract signed for the development of

the software

• A module of SAT

• The development will be finished by the

end of this year

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International ALARA Networks

• ISOE: Information System on Occupational

Exposure

• Jointly with NEA/OECD

• IAEA Technical Center for non-OECD country

• 10 countries (from 11 to 10, Slovenia became

OECD country in 2011)

• ISEMIR: Information System on

Occupational Exposure in Medicine, Industry

and Research

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Current ALARA Networks

• ARAN: Asian Region ALARA Network

• RECAN: Regional East European and

Central Asian ALARA Network

• ReProlan: Latin American ALARA Network

• Observer:

• EAN: European ALARA Network

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Latin America ALARA Network-

• RePROLAN

• The first Steering Committee meeting: July

2011, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

• As kickoff meeting for the ALARA Network

in Latin America

• Number of Countries: 5 for that meeting

• Under the frame work of TC Latin America

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Recent meetings (1)

• Technical Meeting on Occupational Radiation

Protection for Itinerant Workers. IAEA, Vienna,

21-24 November, 2011

• Regional meeting on occupational radiation

protection in emergency exposure situations,

NIRS, Chiba, Japan. 22-25 November 2011

• RECAN workshop : Optimization of

Occupational Exposure in NORM Industries. 4-

7 October 2011, Tbilisi, Georgia.

• Regional Workshop on Optimization of ORP in

Medical Applications.- Poland-December 2011.

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Recent meetings (2)

• National Workshop on Neutron Dosimetry,

Vietnam, 13-16 December, 2011

• National Seminar on Radiation Safety,

Mauritania, 28 Nov-1 December, 2011

• Annual Eurados Meeting, February, 2012 , IAEA

• For more information please access ORPNET http://www-ns.iaea.org/tech-areas/communication-

networks/norp/default.asp

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Providing Services for member states

• Provide services through IAEA Technical

Cooperation (TC)

• Fellowship, training course, equipment and

expertise services

• Four TC regions: Latin America, Europe, Asia

and Africa

• 3 regional and 41on-going national projects

• 3 new regional projects designed (Africa

included), new national projects reviewed

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Providing Services for member states

• Thematic Safety Area-TSA • TSA1 - Regulatory Infrastructure

• TSA2 - Radiological Protection in Occupational

Exposure

• TSA3 - Radiological Protection in Medical Exposure

• TSA4 - Public and Environmental Radiological

Protection

• TSA5 - Emergency Preparedness and Response

• TSA6 - Education and Training

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Providing Services for member states

• Consultancy Meeting

• REVIEW AND REVISION OF THE

THEMATIC SAFETY AREAS

• 8 -11 November, 2011, IAEA

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Providing Services for member states

• TSA2: Occupational Radiation Protection

(2006-2011) • 1 - Regulatory infrastructure for occupational

radiation protection

• 2 - Individual monitoring for external radiation sources

• 3 - Individual monitoring for intake radionuclides

• 4 - Workplace monitoring

• 5 - Services providers

• 6 - Implementation of the requirements by end users

• 7 - Occupational exposure to natural sources

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Providing Services for member states

TSA2: Occupational Radiation Protection (Newly updated, for

TSO)

1. Provision of technical services

2. Individual monitoring – External Dosimetry

3. Individual monitoring – Internal Dosimetry

4. Dose Record Keeping

5. Radiation Instruments Type Testing and Calibration Facilities

6. Biological dosimetry

7. Advisory Services (shielding, research activities in relation to

radiation monitoring, technical analysis , computer

simulation and modelling, radiation monitoring training)

8. Emergency field response (testing, measurement and

sample analysis)

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Providing Services for member states

• TSA2: Occupational Radiation Protection

(Newly updated, for implementation in all

Applications) 1. Requirements for Assessment of Occupational Exposure, Dose

Records, and Health Surveillance

2. Information, Instruction & Training

3. Dose Limitation & Optimization of protection and safety

4. Cooperation between employers and registrants and licensees

5. Special Arrangements (Female, Minors and Conditions of Service)

6. Compliance by WORKERS

7. Emergency Arrangements (near misses, incidents, emergencies)

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ORGANIZATION OF RADIATION SAFETY

Structure & Responsibilities

Director General (overall responsibility for Health and Safety)

Director in Charge (compliance with radiation safety requirements)

Radiation Safety Technical Services Officer (provision of technical support services and advice)

Radiation Safety

Regulator (Regulatory Control)

Responsibility for radiation safety

Reports on status of radiation safety

Responsibility for regulating radiation safety

Reports on regulatory compliance

NB: The functions of the Medical

Director are not represented on this chart

Request for advice and services

Provision of advice and services

Approval of services

Application for approval of services

Authorization, inspection, enforcement

Notification, application for authorization, reports

Responsibility for provision of technical services

Report on status and needs for services

RADIATION

PROTECTION

OFFICER

HEALTH

PHYSICS

TECHNICIANS

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Radiation protection and monitoring

Services for IAEA operations

• Provide routine individual monitoring services for IAEA

operations.

• Provide operational radiation protection services for the

IAEA Seibersdorf and Monaco Laboratories.

• Provide training courses in radiation protection for IAEA

staff

• Maintain the ISO17025 accreditation for the radiation

protection services

• External audit for ISO17025 re-accreditation was

conducted 16~17, November, 2011, the testing laboratory

successfully passed the re-accreditation!

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Many Thanks for your attention