Discovering an orphan source of ionizing radiation with respect to occupational safety and health

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F70883521%3A28160%2F22%3A63552978" target="_blank" >RIV/70883521:28160/22:63552978 - isvavai.cz</a>

Result on the web

<a href="https://www.civilejournal.org/index.php/cej/article/view/3976" target="_blank" >https://www.civilejournal.org/index.php/cej/article/view/3976</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.28991/CEJ-2022-08-11-013" target="_blank" >10.28991/CEJ-2022-08-11-013</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Discovering an orphan source of ionizing radiation with respect to occupational safety and health

Original language description

Compliance with the principles of occupational safety and health is one of the preconditions for avoiding emergency events. Without a doubt, this is one of the underlying duties of every employer or operator of waste recycling centers. The risk to health resulting from an orphan source of ionizing radiation in the form of scrap metal is quite high and can affect a significant number of people. As part of the precautions relating to employees, the employer must analyze the risks associated with working with scrap metal and emphasize the possibility of any previous contamination. In practice, various methods and procedures are used to assess the risks at scrap metal collection facilities, which are mostly based on the knowledge and experience of their inspectors. However, this is not usually done by means of appropriate risk analysis methods, which is the main disadvantage. The goal of this article is to point at the risks related to discovering an orphan source of ionizing radiation by using the Ishikawa diagram and the point method. Furthermore, this article also deals with the demarcation of a safety zone with respect to the protection of health and the environment. The specification of risks, the proposal of recommended precautions, and the expeditious demarcation of a safety zone in the case of the intervention of fire brigades in order to protect and/or decontaminate the persons are also included

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

20101 - Civil engineering

Project

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Continuities

S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach<br>I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2022

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Civil Engineering Journal

ISSN

2676-6957

e-ISSN

2476-3055

Volume of the periodical

8

Issue of the periodical within the volume

11

Country of publishing house

IR - IRAN, ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF

Number of pages

12

Pages from-to

2548-2559

UT code for WoS article

000917276500013

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85143636386