EPRI guide to managing nuclear utility protective clothing programs
- Right Angle Industries, Melbourne, FL (USA)
The Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) commissioned a radioactive waste related project (RP2414-34) during the last quarter of 1989 to produce a guide for developing and managing nuclear protective clothing programs. Every nuclear facility must coordinate some type of protective clothing program for its radiation workers to insure proper and safe protection for the wearer and to maintain control over the spread of contamination. Yet, every nuclear facility has developed its own unique program for managing such clothing. Accordingly, a need existed for a reference guide to assist with the standardization of protective clothing programs and to assist in controlling the potentially runaway economics of such programs. This document is the first known effort to formalize the planning and economic factors surrounding a nuclear utility protective clothing program. It is intended to be informative by addressing the various pieces of information necessary to establish and maintain an effective, professionally managed protective clothing program. It also attempts to provide guidance toward tailoring the information and providing examples within the report to fit each utility's specific needs. This report is further intended to address new issues and trends occurring throughout the nuclear industry in late 1989 which can have either a significant positive or negative impact on the operations or economics of nuclear protective clothing programs. 1 ref., 11 tabs.
- Research Organization:
- Electric Power Research Inst., Palo Alto, CA (USA); Right Angle Industries, Melbourne, FL (USA)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- EPRI; Electric Power Research Inst., Palo Alto, CA (USA)
- OSTI ID:
- 5661563
- Report Number(s):
- EPRI-NP-7309
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
Similar Records
EPRI`S low-level waste management R&D program
EPRI/NRC-RES fire human reliability analysis guidelines.
Related Subjects
11 NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE AND FUEL MATERIALS
NUCLEAR FACILITIES
PROTECTIVE CLOTHING
PERSONNEL
RADIATION PROTECTION
COST
MANUALS
CONTAMINATION
ECONOMIC IMPACT
EPRI
CLOTHING
DOCUMENT TYPES
420202* - Engineering- Protective Structures & Equipment
054000 - Nuclear Fuels- Health & Safety
051000 - Nuclear Fuels- Economic
Industrial
& Business Aspects