Development of a health and safety manual for emergency response operations

Conference · Sat Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 2000

OSTI ID:750416

Riland, C A ^[1]; Junio, S S

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1. Bechtel Nevada Remote Sensing Laboratory

The Federal Radiological Monitoring and Assessment Center (FRMAC) Health and Safety Manual, which has been under development by a multi-agency group, is nearing completion and publication. The manual applies to offsite monitoring during a radiological accident or incident. Though written for multi-agency offsite monitoring activities (FRMAC), the manual is generic in nature and should be readily adaptable for other emergency response operations. Health and safety issues for emergency response situations often differ from those of normal operations. Examples of these differences and methodologies to address these issues are discussed. Challenges in manual development, including lack of regulatory and guidance documentation, are also discussed. One overriding principle in the Health and Safety Manual development is the overall reduction of risk, not just dose. The manual is broken into several chapters, which include Overview of Responsibities, Health Physics, Industrial Hygiene and Safey, Medical, and Environmental Compliance and Records. Included is a series of appendices, which presents additional information on forms and plans for default scenarios.

• Research Organization: Bechtel Nevada Corp. (US)
• Sponsoring Organization: US Department of Energy (US)
• DOE Contract Number: AC08-96NV11718
• OSTI ID: 750416
• Report Number(s): DOE/NV/11718--398
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

05 NUCLEAR FUELS
29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY, AND ECONOMY
EMERGENCY PLANS
MANUALS
OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY
RADIATION ACCIDENTS
RADIATION MONITORING