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)....
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...
Dose limits are intended to reduce the risk of serious effects occurring, such as cancer, and are in place to protect the eyes, skin, and extremities against other forms of damage.
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....
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....
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....
Guideline on management of pregnant Radiation workers and other female workers involved in the medical radioactive environment. ...
To guide the relevant authority holders involved in the decision to subject radiation workers to radiation to make informed and correct request for such examination, thereby protecting the radiation workers from unnecessary exposure to ionizing radiation....
Afterloaders containing small radioactive cobalt or iridium sources are commonly used in radiation oncology. ...