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15 Aug Identification and Labelling of Radioactive Sources and Source Containers

The hazardous nature of radioactive sources requires regulatory control and identification to support cradle-to-grave tracking of the sources. Thus, to ensure the regulatory control of the radioactive sources and source containers, strict regulatory requirements are outlined on this document which requires the radioactive sources and...

15 Aug I-131 Therapy

Requirements for facilities where therapeutic doses of I-131 are administered and patients are hospitalised....

15 Aug Reporting National Radiation Occurrences

15 Aug Guideline for Industrial Radiography

This guideline deals with the safe and secure handling of industrial radiography projectors. The RPO and ARPO of the Authority Holders are also guided in the administrative and legal requirements they are subjected to....

15 Aug Guideline For The Safe Use of Industrial Gauges Containing Radioactive Sources

These standards have been set to limit the risk of over-exposure of workers, as well as the public, to ionizing radiation, and to ensure that radiation doses are kept as low as reasonably achievable (ALARA principle)....

15 Aug Guideline on Protective Measures To Take In The Event of an Accident Involving Radioactivity

The widespread use of radiation sources in medicine, agriculture, industry, and research has an admirable safety record. Throughout the world, the number of known accidents in which persons have been exposed to harmful amounts of ionising radiation is relatively small, and only a few deaths...

15 Aug Guideline on The Safe Use of Soil Moisture and Density Gauges Containing Radioactive Sources

This guideline deals with the safe and secure handling by operators of soil density, moisture, and asphalt gauges. The RPO and ARPO of the Authority Holders are also guided in the administrative and legal requirements of which they are subjected to....

15 Aug Guideline On The Organisational Requirements For Authority Holders And Their Appointed Radiation Protection Officers

This guideline sets out the responsibilities of authority holders and their radiation protection officers with respect to activities involving the use of radioactive sources (Group IV hazardous substances), as explained in the Hazardous Substances Act 15 of 1973....

15 Aug RPO Competence and Training Requirements

Any reference in this document to a radiation protection officer (RPO) shall apply equally to the acting RPO (ARPO), since the ARPO must be able to stand in for the RPO and carry the same responsibility....