TRADE ALARA for design and operations engineers
This product has been developed by the Training Resources and Data Exchange (TRADE) network for use at Department of Energy (DOE) and DOE contractor facilities. The TRADE network encourages and facilitates the exchange of ideas, techniques, and resources for improving training and development and serves as a forum for the discussion of issues of interest to the DOE community. This TRADE product has been developed for DOE contractor employees who are asked to deliver training to Design and Operations Engineers on the concept of As Low As Reasonably Achievable (ALARA). The ALARA concept is an approach to radiation protection to control or manage exposures as low as social, technical, economic, practical, public policy, and other considerations permit. Worldwide panels of radiation experts have concluded that it is conservative to assume that a proportional relationship exists between radiation dose (exposure) and the biological effects resulting from it. This assumption implies that every dose received, no matter how small, carries some risk: the higher the dose, the higher the risk. The federal government, including agencies such as DOE, subscribes to the concept of ALARA and requires its facilities to subscribe to it as well. This course was developed to introduce engineers to the fundamentals of radiation and contamination reduction that they will use when designing or modifying plant facilities. The course was developed by the ALARA Program group and the Radiation Protection Monitoring/Training Group of Martin Marietta Energy Systems, Inc. at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. We wish to express our appreciation to Emily Copenhaver, Scott Taylor, and Janet Westbrook at Oak Ridge National Laboratory for their willingness to share their labors with the rest of the DOE community and for technical support during the development of the TRADE ALARA for Design and Operations Engineers Course Manual.
- Research Organization:
- Oak Ridge Inst. for Science and Education, TN (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC05-76OR00033
- OSTI ID:
- 10189788
- Report Number(s):
- DOE/OR/00033-T573; ON: TI94001394
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: PBD: Apr 1993
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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