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Methodology for calculating activity levels for exemption from the requirements of reporting in the Euratom basic safety standards

Abstract

Practices may be exempt from the reporting requirements in the EURATOM Basic Safety Standards if the relevant activity quantities or concentrations are below certain specified levels. This paper describes the methodology adopted for calculating those levels together with the results for selected radionuclides. The methodology was developed as a collaborative project co-ordinated by CEC. Briefly, a practice may be exempt from the requirement of reporting if the corresponding radiological risks are sufficiently low. Therefore, practices involving small amounts of radioactivity were identified and appropriate exposure scenarios developed representing the use, misuse and subsequent disposal of radionuclides. The calculated exposures were used to derived exempt quantities and concentrations by comparison with the appropriate dose criteria. (author). 16 refs, 6 tabs.
Authors:
Mobbs, S; Harvey, M; Cooper, J; [1]  Chapuis, A M; [2]  Schneider, T; [3]  Janssens, A [4] 
  1. National Radiological Protection Board, Chilton (United Kingdom)
  2. CEA Centre d`Etudes de Fontenay-aux-Roses, 92 (France). Inst. de Protection et de Surete Nucleaire
  3. Centre d`Etudes sur l`Evaluation de la Protection dans le Domaine Nucleaire, Fontenay-aux-Roses (France)
  4. European Union, Brussels (Belgium)
Publication Date:
Jul 01, 1995
Product Type:
Conference
Report Number:
IAEA-TECDOC-807; CONF-9311144-
Reference Number:
SCA: 560190; PA: AIX-26:063130; EDB-95:132134; ERA-20:027690; SN: 95001457962
Resource Relation:
Conference: International Atomic Energy Association (IAEA) specialists meeting on experience in the application of exemption principles, Vienna (Austria), 1-5 Nov 1993; Other Information: PBD: Jul 1995; Related Information: Is Part Of Experience in the application of exemption principles. Proceedings of a specialists meeting held in Vienna, 2-4 November 1993; PB: 237 p.
Subject:
56 BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE, APPLIED STUDIES; LOW-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTES; MAXIMUM PERMISSIBLE ACTIVITY; CALCULATION METHODS; ACTIVITY LEVELS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE PATHWAY; EURATOM; RADIATION DOSES; RADIATION PROTECTION; REPORTING REQUIREMENTS; RISK ASSESSMENT
OSTI ID:
100457
Research Organizations:
International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna (Austria)
Country of Origin:
IAEA
Language:
English
Other Identifying Numbers:
Journal ID: ISSN 1011-4289; Other: ON: DE95634722; TRN: XA9539847063130
Availability:
INIS; OSTI as DE95634722
Submitting Site:
INIS
Size:
pp. 137-148
Announcement Date:
Jan 16, 2004

Citation Formats

Mobbs, S, Harvey, M, Cooper, J, Chapuis, A M, Schneider, T, and Janssens, A. Methodology for calculating activity levels for exemption from the requirements of reporting in the Euratom basic safety standards. IAEA: N. p., 1995. Web.
Mobbs, S, Harvey, M, Cooper, J, Chapuis, A M, Schneider, T, & Janssens, A. Methodology for calculating activity levels for exemption from the requirements of reporting in the Euratom basic safety standards. IAEA.
Mobbs, S, Harvey, M, Cooper, J, Chapuis, A M, Schneider, T, and Janssens, A. 1995. "Methodology for calculating activity levels for exemption from the requirements of reporting in the Euratom basic safety standards." IAEA.
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title = {Methodology for calculating activity levels for exemption from the requirements of reporting in the Euratom basic safety standards}
author = {Mobbs, S, Harvey, M, Cooper, J, Chapuis, A M, Schneider, T, and Janssens, A}
abstractNote = {Practices may be exempt from the reporting requirements in the EURATOM Basic Safety Standards if the relevant activity quantities or concentrations are below certain specified levels. This paper describes the methodology adopted for calculating those levels together with the results for selected radionuclides. The methodology was developed as a collaborative project co-ordinated by CEC. Briefly, a practice may be exempt from the requirement of reporting if the corresponding radiological risks are sufficiently low. Therefore, practices involving small amounts of radioactivity were identified and appropriate exposure scenarios developed representing the use, misuse and subsequent disposal of radionuclides. The calculated exposures were used to derived exempt quantities and concentrations by comparison with the appropriate dose criteria. (author). 16 refs, 6 tabs.}
place = {IAEA}
year = {1995}
month = {Jul}
}