Study on the radiation exposure of transport personnel

The study had the following objectives: Exploitation of the dosimetry results for employees responsible for handling and transporting radioactive materials, radiopharmaceuticals, spent fuel and other radioactive material; Evaluation of the corresponding collective detriment; Formulation of recommendations for optimization studies aimed at reducing these radiation exposures. The results supplied cover three firms which, for the purposes of the study, we shall call A, B and C. Firm A dealt almost exclusively with the conditioning, transport and delivery of radiopharmaceuticals or small sources used in nuclear medicine. Firm B dealt with various types of transport: uranium, plutonium, fresh and spent fuel elements and waste. Overall results are given but a distinction is made between doses received during transport and those arising from handling. Firm C dealt mainly with the transport of nuclear materials (plutonium and enriched uranium)