Radiological safety and control

The radiological safety control program in KAERI has been carried out to achieve an optimum radiation protection to radiation workers and visitors as well as to the general public around the nuclear facilities through the justification and the optimization of radiation protection based on the 'As Low As Reasonably Achievable(ALARA)' concept. This program consists of radiation area monitoring, personnel radiation exposure control, calibration of radiation monitoring instruments, and technical support for radiological safety and control. As the results of radiological safety control performances in 1988, it is pronounced that: a.The annual average external radiation level in the working areas shows the distribution, ranging from 0.02 to 22.53mR/hr in Daeduk Head Office and from 0.03 to 1.23mR/hr in Seoul Office. It appears to be of little differences compared with those of last years. b.No individual was exposed in excess of the annual dose limits set in the relevant regulation of the Atomic Energy Act. Their annual average personnel exposure appears to be 0.35mSv in Daeduk Head Office and 2.8mSv in Soul Office, which shows 20% decrease in Daeduk, and 35% decrease in Seoul compared with those of previous year. c. The calibration, maintenance and repair of radiation monitoring instruments which are commonly used in nuclear power plants and radioisotope application industries are very important in performing the radiological safety control and maintaining the tracerbility against the national standard. In 1988, as many as 4,458 calibrations including 282 calibration of KAERI owned instruments have been made available by the program. d. The technical support for radiological safety control was performed through the design consultation for decay tank manufacture of the Korea Cancer Center Hospital and the support for radiation monitoring activities in Seoul Office. (Author)