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IAEA International Atomic Energy Agency
Current IAEA activities on Occupational
Radiation Protection
Jizeng MA Radiation Protection of Workers and Monitoring Unit
Radiation Safety and Monitoring Section
TM on Itinerant workers, 21--24 November 2011
IAEA
Contents
• Radiation Safety Standards
• TM on International Action Plan on
Occupational Radiation Protection
• Ongoing Projects
• International and Regional ALARA Networks
and Meetings
• Providing Services for In-house and member
states
IAEA
Revison of BSS
• Approved by Board of Governor, Sept. 2011
• One month for comments from Member States
since the change of dose limit of lens of eye,
dealine: 8th, July
• Interim Version available with different
languages (http://www-
pub.iaea.org/MTCD/publications/PDF/p1531
_startpage.pdf)
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Development of Safety Standards (1)
• Recently published:
• Radiation Protection and NORM Residue
Management in the Production of Rare Earths
from Thorium containing Minerals Safety
Reports Series 68
• Exposure of the Public from Large Deposits of
Mineral Residues IAEA TECDOC 1660
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Development of Safety Standards (2)
• Recently published:
• Naturally Occurring Radioactive Material
(NORM VI)
Proceedings of an International Symposium held
in Marrakech, Morocco, 22-26 March 2010
Proceedings Series - International Atomic
Energy Agency
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Recent publications
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Development of Safety Standards (3)
• The following documents are on-going: • 1. DPP SG Occupational Radiation Protection was
approved by CSS during the first week of
Novemeber, 2011
• 2. SR:Protection of pregnant workers (Finished)
• 3. SR: Radiation protection of itinerant workers,
Draft document, TM to be held
• 4. SR: Radiation protection and NORM residue
management in the Phosphate Industry, CS held,
near finishing.
• 5. SR: Radiation protection and NORM residue
management in the Titanium dioxide and related
industries,
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Development of Safety Standards (4)
The following documents are ongoing (draft
document):
6. SR on Neutron Monitoring
7. SR on Individual Monitoring Services.
8. 2 TecDocs on WBC and (neutron and
gamma monitoring) Intercomparisons
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International plan on ORP
• The Fifth Meeting of the Steering Committee
of the International Action Plan for
Occupational Radiation Protection(IAPORP)
was held in Vienna, 15-17 June 2011
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TM on IAPROP
• Started after Geneva Conference on occupational
radiation protection, with ILO and others;
• All 14 actions had been successfully completed,
IAPORP should be closed;
• Main outcome: documents, E&T materials, ALARA
Network, Website (ORPNET);
• New challenges are still facing;
• New mechanism for ORP should be considered
• Second International Conference for
Occupational Radiation Protection
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Projects
• International Action Plan on Occupational Radiation
Protection (IAPORP)
• Information System on Occupational Exposure (ISOE)
• Occupational Radiation Protection Networks
• Information System on Occupational Exposure in
Medicine, Industry and Research (ISEMIR)
• Enhancing Occupational Radiation Protection for
Uranium Mining (New)
• Development of Dose Management System(DMS)
• Development of Software of ORPAS for SAT
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Development of Dose Management
System(DMS)
• Dose Management System(DMS):
• Currently used in the individual monitoring
laboratory and IAEA in house
• DMS provided for some Member States for dose
management, new version is requested
• New version will strengthen the dose
management in Technical Cooperation, and the
link to Human Resource
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Development of Software of ORPAS
for SAT
• OCCUPATIONAL
• RADIATION
• PROTECTION
• APPRAISAL
• SERVICE
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ORP in Member States
Technical
Services
End User Regulator
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Development of Software of ORPAS
for SAT
• All questionnaires updated with new
technical information
• Contract signed for the development of
the software
• A module of SAT
• The development will be finished by the
end of this year
IAEA
International ALARA Networks
• ISOE: Information System on Occupational
Exposure
• Jointly with NEA/OECD
• IAEA Technical Center for non-OECD country
• 10 countries (from 11 to 10, Slovenia became
OECD country in 2011)
• ISEMIR: Information System on
Occupational Exposure in Medicine, Industry
and Research
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Current ALARA Networks
• ARAN: Asian Region ALARA Network
• RECAN: Regional East European and
Central Asian ALARA Network
• ReProlan: Latin American ALARA Network
• Observer:
• EAN: European ALARA Network
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Latin America ALARA Network-
• RePROLAN
• The first Steering Committee meeting: July
2011, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
• As kickoff meeting for the ALARA Network
in Latin America
• Number of Countries: 5 for that meeting
• Under the frame work of TC Latin America
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Recent meetings (1)
• Technical Meeting on Occupational Radiation
Protection for Itinerant Workers. IAEA, Vienna,
21-24 November, 2011
• Regional meeting on occupational radiation
protection in emergency exposure situations,
NIRS, Chiba, Japan. 22-25 November 2011
• RECAN workshop : Optimization of
Occupational Exposure in NORM Industries. 4-
7 October 2011, Tbilisi, Georgia.
• Regional Workshop on Optimization of ORP in
Medical Applications.- Poland-December 2011.
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Recent meetings (2)
• National Workshop on Neutron Dosimetry,
Vietnam, 13-16 December, 2011
• National Seminar on Radiation Safety,
Mauritania, 28 Nov-1 December, 2011
• Annual Eurados Meeting, February, 2012 , IAEA
• For more information please access ORPNET http://www-ns.iaea.org/tech-areas/communication-
networks/norp/default.asp
IAEA
Providing Services for member states
• Provide services through IAEA Technical
Cooperation (TC)
• Fellowship, training course, equipment and
expertise services
• Four TC regions: Latin America, Europe, Asia
and Africa
• 3 regional and 41on-going national projects
• 3 new regional projects designed (Africa
included), new national projects reviewed
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Providing Services for member states
• Thematic Safety Area-TSA • TSA1 - Regulatory Infrastructure
• TSA2 - Radiological Protection in Occupational
Exposure
• TSA3 - Radiological Protection in Medical Exposure
• TSA4 - Public and Environmental Radiological
Protection
• TSA5 - Emergency Preparedness and Response
• TSA6 - Education and Training
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Providing Services for member states
• Consultancy Meeting
• REVIEW AND REVISION OF THE
THEMATIC SAFETY AREAS
• 8 -11 November, 2011, IAEA
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Providing Services for member states
• TSA2: Occupational Radiation Protection
(2006-2011) • 1 - Regulatory infrastructure for occupational
radiation protection
• 2 - Individual monitoring for external radiation sources
• 3 - Individual monitoring for intake radionuclides
• 4 - Workplace monitoring
• 5 - Services providers
• 6 - Implementation of the requirements by end users
• 7 - Occupational exposure to natural sources
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Providing Services for member states
TSA2: Occupational Radiation Protection (Newly updated, for
TSO)
1. Provision of technical services
2. Individual monitoring – External Dosimetry
3. Individual monitoring – Internal Dosimetry
4. Dose Record Keeping
5. Radiation Instruments Type Testing and Calibration Facilities
6. Biological dosimetry
7. Advisory Services (shielding, research activities in relation to
radiation monitoring, technical analysis , computer
simulation and modelling, radiation monitoring training)
8. Emergency field response (testing, measurement and
sample analysis)
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Providing Services for member states
• TSA2: Occupational Radiation Protection
(Newly updated, for implementation in all
Applications) 1. Requirements for Assessment of Occupational Exposure, Dose
Records, and Health Surveillance
2. Information, Instruction & Training
3. Dose Limitation & Optimization of protection and safety
4. Cooperation between employers and registrants and licensees
5. Special Arrangements (Female, Minors and Conditions of Service)
6. Compliance by WORKERS
7. Emergency Arrangements (near misses, incidents, emergencies)
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ORGANIZATION OF RADIATION SAFETY
Structure & Responsibilities
Director General (overall responsibility for Health and Safety)
Director in Charge (compliance with radiation safety requirements)
Radiation Safety Technical Services Officer (provision of technical support services and advice)
Radiation Safety
Regulator (Regulatory Control)
Responsibility for radiation safety
Reports on status of radiation safety
Responsibility for regulating radiation safety
Reports on regulatory compliance
NB: The functions of the Medical
Director are not represented on this chart
Request for advice and services
Provision of advice and services
Approval of services
Application for approval of services
Authorization, inspection, enforcement
Notification, application for authorization, reports
Responsibility for provision of technical services
Report on status and needs for services
RADIATION
PROTECTION
OFFICER
HEALTH
PHYSICS
TECHNICIANS
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Radiation protection and monitoring
Services for IAEA operations
• Provide routine individual monitoring services for IAEA
operations.
• Provide operational radiation protection services for the
IAEA Seibersdorf and Monaco Laboratories.
• Provide training courses in radiation protection for IAEA
staff
• Maintain the ISO17025 accreditation for the radiation
protection services
• External audit for ISO17025 re-accreditation was
conducted 16~17, November, 2011, the testing laboratory
successfully passed the re-accreditation!
IAEA
Many Thanks for your attention
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