What information should be recorded during tasks to perform ALARA studies?
The information recorded must provide answers to the following questions:
Questions |
Examples of answers from the nuclear sector |
Who receives the doses? |
List of professions of all the workers, and dose records per profession. |
When and how are the doses received? |
Daily dose records, a coding system for activities and records of any unforeseen event. |
Where are the doses received? |
Appropriate area classification where doses and dose rates are recorded, |
For how long? |
Collection of exposure times for each individual, for each task and for each area. |
If all the above-mentioned information is known, it should be possible to cross-check and analyze it after the task in question has been completed.
This information may be gathered by hand (on paper) or by using computer systems.
In all cases, the amount of detail required in the information to be gathered must be aligned with the stakes i.e. types and levels of doses (see Question 27).
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