Radiation exposure records management
Management of individual radiation exposure records begins at employment with the accumulation of data pertinent to the individual and any previous occupational radiation exposure. Appropriate radiation monitorinng badges or devices are issued and accountability established. A computer master file is initiated to include the individual's name, payroll number, social security number, birth date, assigned department, and location. From this base, a radiation exposure history is accumulated to include external ionizing radiation exposure to skin and whole body, contributing neutron exposure, contributing tritium exposure, and extremity exposure. It is used also to schedule bioassay sampling and in-vivo counts and to provide other pertinent information. The file is used as a basis for providing periodic reports to management and monthly exposure summaries to departmental line supervision to assist in planning work so that individual annual exposures are kept as low as practical. Radiation exposure records management also includes documentation of radiation surveys performed by the health physicist to establish working rates and the individual estimating and recording his estimated exposure on a day-to-day basis. Exposure information is also available to contribute to Energy Research and Development Administration statistics and to the National Transuranium Registry. (auth)
- Research Organization:
- Du Pont de Nemours (E.I.) and Co., Aiken, S.C. (USA). Savannah River Lab.
- NSA Number:
- NSA-33-023480
- OSTI ID:
- 4062009
- Report Number(s):
- DPSPU--75-30-7; CONF-760202--29
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
Similar Records
United States Transuranium Registry summary report, July 1, 1974 to October 1, 1975 to ERDA Division of Biomedical and Environmental Research
US Army Radiological Bioassay and Dosimetry: The RBD software package
Related Subjects
*PERSONNEL-- RADIATION DOSES
560151* --Biomedical Sciences
Applied Studies--Radiation Effects--Radiation Effects on Animals--Man
BIOASSAY
COMPUTERS
DOCUMENTATION
INFORMATION
IONIZING RADIATIONS
N48510* --Life Sciences--Radiation Effects on Animals--Man
NEUTRONS
RADIATION MONITORING
RECORDING SYSTEMS
STATISTICS
TRITIUM