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Title: Guide of good practices for occupational radiological protection in plutonium facilities

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/620650· OSTI ID:620650

This Technical Standard (TS) does not contain any new requirements. Its purpose is to provide guides to good practice, update existing reference material, and discuss practical lessons learned relevant to the safe handling of plutonium. the technical rationale is given to allow US Department of Energy (DOE) health physicists to adapt the recommendations to similar situations throughout the DOE complex. Generally, DOE contractor health physicists will be responsible to implement radiation protection activities at DOE facilities and DOE health physicists will be responsible for oversight of those activities. This guidance is meant to be useful for both efforts. This TS replaces PNL-6534, Health Physics Manual of Good Practices for Plutonium Facilities, by providing more complete and current information and by emphasizing the situations that are typical of DOE`s current plutonium operations; safe storage, decontamination, and decommissioning (environmental restoration); and weapons disassembly.

Research Organization:
US Department of Energy (USDOE), Washington DC (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Assistant Secretary for Environment, Safety, and Health, Washington, DC (United States)
OSTI ID:
620650
Report Number(s):
DOE-STD-1128-98; ON: DE98001297; NC: NONE
Resource Relation:
Other Information: PBD: Jun 1998
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English