Results of clinical and hygienic observations of labour conditions and the state of health of personnel at research reactor facilities

Complex studies of operating conditions and health status of the personnel employed in research reactors or in critical assembly have been undertaken in order to define more precisely the regulations, requirements and norms of radiation safety to be applied during the designing and operation of various facilities. The main potential sources of external radiation, dose rates for gamma radiation, neutron fluxes, and maximum annual doses received by personnel under normal reactor operation have been determined. Clinical physiological studies have shown that the health of the personnel employed in nuclear reactors is satisfactory