Advances in Radiation Protection Monitoring [antikvár]

FOREWORD When the International Atomic Energy Agency (ÍAEA) was established in 1957, it was given the mandate "to accelerate and enlarge the contribution of atomic energy to peace, health and prosperity throughout the world". This mandate, however, carries a concomitant responsibility to protect man and his environment from any harmful effects of ionizing radiation. The interest of the IAEA in this subject is reflected in the many activities of the IAEA aimed at promoting work on standards of nuclear safety. On the basis of the recommendations of the International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP), the IAEA formulates Safety Standards, Regulations, Codes of Practice and relevant recommendations in the field of radiation protection. Radiation protection monitoring is the proper and most effective means of assuring compliance with regulations governing the use of radioactive materials and ionizing radiation. Objective monitoring requires a well designed programme, adequate methodology and instrumentation, and expertise to interpret the results of monitoring in terms of doses to individuals and the population. The requirement to keep radiation exposure "as low as reasonably achievable" (ALARA), linked with the growing number of workers whose exposure to radiation must be strictly controlled, requires intensification of efforts directed towards improvement of monitoring programmes. To review the advances that have been made in methods, techniques and instrumentation for radiation protection monitoring since the Régiónál Seminar on Radiation Protection Monitoring (Bombay, 1968), and to identify areas where further studies and research are still needed, the IAEA organized an International Symposium on Advances in Radiation Protection Monitoring, which was held upon the invitation of the Government of Sweden in Stockholm from 26 to 30 June 1978. A totál of 256 experts from 33 Member States and six international organizations participated. The IAEA is grateful to the Swedish Government for its generous offer to act as host, and thanks are due to Studsvik Energiteknik AB, whose co-operation in the organization of the meeting helped materially in ensuring its success. The 58 papers, including one invited paper, that were presented in nine scientific sessions were devoted to the following subjects: Monitoring of external exposure, with emphasis given to personnel monitoring and neutron dosimetry; contamination monitoring (including air monitoring, monitoring for radon, thoron and its daughter products, and internál contamination