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

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....

15 Aug Leak tests

15 Aug Guideline on Requests for Medical Examinations for Radiation Workers

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....