Biomedical subjects

K Mrabit

Publications and source records attributed to K Mrabit.

3 recordsLinked to original sources

PubMed2003

Present and future activities of the IAEA on internal dosimetry: lessons learned from international intercomparisons.

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) conducts safety activities to support the assessment of occupational exposure due to intakes of radionuclides; a comprehensive set of safety documents will soon be completed. In recent years, extensive improvements in measurement techniques, phantoms and computational tools have been made. Thus, it is important for laboratories involved in internal dosimetry to undergo performance testing procedures to demonstrate the correctness of the methods applied and also to determine the consistency of their results with those obtained by other laboratories. Several intercomparisons were organised, and they revealed significant differences among laboratories in their approaches, methods and assumptions, and consequently in their results. This paper presents the current and future IAEA activities in support of assessment of occupational exposure due to intakes of radionuclides in the IAEA Member States, as well as the lessons learned from several intercomparison exercises in the last 5 years.

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PubMed2001

Quality assurance systems for individual monitoring services.

The International Basic Safety Standards for Protection Against Ionizing Radiation and for the Safety of Radiation Sources (BSS) require, inter alia, the establishment and implementation of quality assurance programmes to ensure that protection and safety requirements are met. The findings and conclusions of the International Conference on Topical Issues in Nuclear and Radiation Safety held in Vienna in 1998 includes, among others, the following recommendation concerning occupational radiation protection: The BSS require a quality assurance (QA) programme to be established as part of radiological protection. Extensive guidance for the development of a QA system is given in reports of ISO and IEC, but further guidance is needed on the interpretation and implementation of these standards. This paper is focused on the available international standards on quality assurance and on the work the IAEA is currently carrying out for their implementation in radiation monitoring services.

Austria↗

PubMed2001

IAEA Occupational Radiation Protection Programme.

The objective of the IAEA Occupational Protection Programme is to promote and assist in establishing an internationally harmonised approach for optimising occupational radiation protection. Guidance for IAEA Member States is provided through the hierarchical Safety Standards Series: Safety Fundamentals, Safety Requirements and Safety Guides. A set of three Safety Guides on occupational radiation protection has been published, jointly sponsored by the IAEA and the International Labour Office. Complementary advice, either topic specific or practice specific, is published as Safety Reports in other IAEA publications. In view of the technical difficulties associated with the introduction of the new radiation quantities for measurements and reporting, the IAEA assists its Member States by offering annual dosimetry intercomparisons. The purpose of this paper is to present the current and future IAEA activities in support of occupational radiation protection in the IAEA Member States.

Austria↗