Download or read book Strengthening Control Over Radioactive Sources in Authorized Use and Regaining Control Over Orphan Sources written by International Atomic Energy Agency and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides the necessary background and a methodology for governments to evaluate how well they are controlling radioactive sources. Part I provides details of the applications of radioactive sources; Part II describes the process for gathering information, performing an evaluation and then developing a prioritized national strategic action plan.
Download or read book Strengthening Control over Radioactive Sources in Authorized Use and Regaining Control over Orphan Sources written by IAEA and published by . This book was released on 2005-06-30 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides the necessary background and a methodology for governments to evaluate how well they are controlling radioactive sources. Part I provides details of the applications of radioactive sources; Part II describes the process for gathering information, performing an evaluation and then developing a prioritized national strategic action plan.
Download or read book National Strategy for Regaining Control Over Orphan Sources and Improving Control Over Vulnerable Sources written by International Atomic Energy Agency and published by International Atomic Energy Agency. This book was released on 2011 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Safety Guide is intended to provide recommendations on the establishment of a national strategy for regaining control over orphan radioactive sources and improving control over vulnerable radioactive sources. It provides guidance on how to assess the national situation, and develop and implement a national strategy to achieve these goals.
Download or read book Estrategia Nacional para Recuperar el Control de Fuentes Hurfanas y Mejorar el Control de Fuentes Vulnerables written by and published by International Atomic Energy Agency. This book was released on 2013-07-01 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Nuclear Nonproliferation written by United States. General Accounting Office and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Categorization of Radioactive Sources written by International Atomic Energy Agency and published by IAEA. This book was released on 2005 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Radioactive sources are widely used in the fields of medicine, industry, agriculture, research and education, as well as having military applications. This guide sets out a risk-based ranking of radioactive sources and practices into five categories, in line with IAEA standards, by which risk informed decisions can be made in a graded approach to the regulatory control of radioactive sources for the purposes of safety and security.
Download or read book Management of Disused Sealed Radioactive Sources written by International Atomic Energy Agency and published by . This book was released on 2014-12-02 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This publication summarizes the reviewed information distributed in previous IAEA publications and provides an up to date, overall picture of the management of disused sealed radioactive sources (DSRS) based upon the current status and trends in this field. It incorporates the most recent experience in source management, including newly developed techniques used for DSRS conditioning and storage. Problems encountered and lessons learned are also highlighted in the publication in order to help avoid the mistakes commonly made in the past in managing disused sources.
Download or read book IAEA Safety Glossary written by International Atomic Energy Agency and published by International Atomic Energy Agency. This book was released on 2019-09-17 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The IAEA Safety Glossary defines and explains technical terms used in the IAEA Safety Standards and other safety related IAEA publications, and provides information on their usage. The 2018 Edition of the IAEA Safety Glossary is a new edition of the IAEA Safety Glossary, originally issued in 2007. It has been revised and updated to take into account new terminology and usage in safety standards issued between 2007 and 2018. The revisions and updates reflect developments in the technical areas of application of the safety standards and changes in regulatory approaches in Member States.
Download or read book Control of Orphan Sources and Other Radioactive Material in the Metal Recycling and Production Industries written by International Atomic Energy Agency and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Accidents involving orphan sources and other radioactive material in the metal recycling and production industries have resulted in serious radiological accidents as well as in harmful environmental, social and economic impacts. This Safety Guide provides recommendations, the implementation of which should prevent such accidents and provide confidence that scrap metal and recycled products are safe. Contents: 1. Introduction; 2. Protection of people and the environment; 3. Responsibilities; 4. Monitoring for radioactive material; 5. Response to the discovery of radioactive material; 6. Remediation of contaminated areas; 7. Management of recovered radioactive material; Annex I: Review of events involving radioactive material in the metal recycling and production industries; Annex II: Categorization of radioactive sources; Annex III: Some examples of national and international initiatives.
Download or read book Reducing Environmental Cancer Risk written by Suzanne H. Reuben and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2010-10 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Though overall cancer incidence and mortality have continued to decline in recent years, cancer continues to devastate the lives of far too many Americans. In 2009 alone, 1.5 million American men, women, and children were diagnosed with cancer, and 562,000 died from the disease. There is a growing body of evidence linking environmental exposures to cancer. The Pres. Cancer Panel dedicated its 2008¿2009 activities to examining the impact of environmental factors on cancer risk. The Panel considered industrial, occupational, and agricultural exposures as well as exposures related to medical practice, military activities, modern lifestyles, and natural sources. This report presents the Panel¿s recommend. to mitigate or eliminate these barriers. Illus.
Download or read book Method for Developing Arrangements for Response to a Nuclear Or Radiological Emergency written by International Atomic Energy Agency. Radiation Safety Section and published by IAEA. This book was released on 2003 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This publication provides a practical resource for emergency planning, and fulfils, in part, functions assigned to the IAEA in the Convention on Assistance in the Case of a Nuclear Accident or Radiological Emergency. If used effectively, it will help users to develop a capability to adequately respond to a nuclear or radiological emergency.
Download or read book Nuclear Nonproliferation written by United States. General Accounting Office and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Establishing the Infrastructure for Radiation Safety written by International Atomic Energy Agency and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The objective of this Safety Guide is to provide guidance on the establishment of the national radiation safety infrastructure that meets the IAEA safety standards. It provides recommendations, in the form of actions, on meeting the relevant Safety Requirements in an effective and integrated manner while taking specific national circumstances into full consideration. This Safety Guide does not diminish the application of, or provide a synopsis of or a substitute for, the IAEA Safety Fundamentals and Safety Requirements publications or other associated Safety Guides. Rather it sets out a holistic approach to the establishment of the national radiation safety infrastructure and provides advice for the application of IAEA safety standards for both, States having essentially no elements of the radiation safety infrastructure in place, and those that already have some.
Download or read book Nuclear Nonproliferation written by and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Nuclear Nonproliferation written by United States Government Accountability Office and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-10-20 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nuclear Nonproliferation: U.S. and International Assistance Efforts to Control Sealed Radioactive Sources Need Strengthening
Download or read book Handbook on Nuclear Law written by Carlton Stoiber and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This handbook is a practical aid to legislative drafting that brings together, for the first time, model texts of provisions covering all aspects of nuclear law in a consolidated form. Organized along the same lines as the Handbook on Nuclear Law, published by the IAEA in 2003, and containing updated material on new legal developments, this publication represents an important companion resource for the development of new or revised nuclear legislation, as well as for instruction in the fundamentals of nuclear law. It will be particularly useful for those Member States embarking on new or expanding existing nuclear programmes.
Download or read book Fundamental Safety Principles written by International Atomic Energy Agency and published by IAEA. This book was released on 2006 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This publication identifies the fundamental safety objective and associated safety principles that underpin the IAEA's safety standards and its related safety programme. They provide the basis for requirements and measures for the protection of people and the environment against radiation risks, the safety of facilities and activities that give rise to radiation risks, including, in particular, nuclear installations and uses of radiation and radioactive sources, the transport of radioactive material and the management of radioactive waste.
