Management requirements on health physics
- ed.
From third Health Physics Society midyear topical symposium; Los Angeles, California, USA (29 Jan 1969). See CONF-690103P3. Health Physics personnel fulfill a unique and most demanding position in most organizations. Their role is a functional one that could be eliminated if operations supervision were really completely effective in the monitoring and control of the safety of their operations. In our world of real people with supervisors subject to many varied demands, this latter condition does not exist. Health physics groups are established as organizational entities divorced from operations organizations to provide support to management in a staff capacity. They must develop health physics programs tailored to meet the requirements of the operational departments, monitor the programs to insure effective implementation of the programs by operational supervision, keep the programs evolving to keep pace with their company's evolving needs, and above all, assist in achieving their company's business goals. Meeting these objectives demands personnel with much more than just excellent technical capability. Attitude, mature judgement, administrative capability, personality, integrity, sense of responsibility, and character are all major requirements to qualify the health physicist to respond to above demands. His management leans heavily on the Health Physics staff to develop and provide technical information, together with the evaluation and perspective of the impact of the health physics requirements on the company' s operations. These evaluations always involve Los Angeles, California, USA (29 Jan 1969). See CONF-690103P3. Managers of facilities utilizing radioactive materials or radiation producing machines must decide how to obtain the best and most economical health physics services. The alternatives are to establish a health physics group at the facility, to purchase the services from outside or a combination of these. This paper examines the economic desirability of performing various health physics functions in-house as opposed to obtaining outside services. Functions such a s health physics consultation, license procurement, personnel monitoring, instrument calibrations and repairs, waste disposal services, bioassay services, and training programs are considered. The natural tendency to establish in-house capabilities sometimes results in needless expense when the capability is available commercially. Conversely, the lack of a reliable commercial source often forces the decision to perform the tasks in - house. Factors involved in making these decisions include the number of people involved, the abilities of the individuals, the severity of the hazard, the location of the facility, the applicable regulations, and the availability and price of outside services. Special problems that can affect the decisions are discussed. (auth)
- Research Organization:
- Atomic International, Canoga Park, CA
- NSA Number:
- NSA-29-031588
- OSTI ID:
- 4325200
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 3. Health Physics Society midyear topical symposium, Los Angeles, California, USA, 29 Jan 1969; Other Information: See CONF-690103--P3. Orig. Receipt Date: 30-JUN-74; Related Information: Health physics operational monitoring. Vol. 3
- Country of Publication:
- Country unknown/Code not available
- Language:
- English
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