Overview of national regulatory approaches to assess worker’s exposure to radon in industries involving norm

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Výsledek na webu

<a href="https://link.springer.com/article/10.1140/epjp/s13360-025-06837-5" target="_blank" >https://link.springer.com/article/10.1140/epjp/s13360-025-06837-5</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1140/epjp/s13360-025-06837-5" target="_blank" >10.1140/epjp/s13360-025-06837-5</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Overview of national regulatory approaches to assess worker’s exposure to radon in industries involving norm

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

National regulations address the radiological protection of industrial processes involving Naturally Occurring Radioactive Material (NORM), each with different approach. A collection of information gathered by members of the International Radiation Protection Association task group on “NORM” helps identify key differences in regulatory strategies. The main findings indicate that, while national regulations generally implement the requirements of international standards—and, for EU Member States, the provisions of European Commission directives—and consider ICRP recommendations, the regulatory approaches and protocols for managing worker exposure to radon in workplaces involving NORM vary significantly. In most countries, industrial processes involving NORM are regulated as planned exposure situations, whereas exposure to radon in workplaces is typically managed as an existing exposure situation. When radon doses need to be assessed because requirements for planned exposure situations apply, national regulations often require that these contributions be recorded and treated separately. However, in several countries, the contribution from radon inhalation is explicitly incorporated into the total effective dose assessment. In certain cases, the calculation specifically accounts only for the radon exposure attributable to the handling of NORM, excluding background or unrelated sources. The methodology for estimating radon doses can vary significantly between countries. There is a lack of harmonisation in the physical quantities used for assessment, as well as in the values of dose conversion factors.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Overview of national regulatory approaches to assess worker’s exposure to radon in industries involving norm

Popis výsledku anglicky

National regulations address the radiological protection of industrial processes involving Naturally Occurring Radioactive Material (NORM), each with different approach. A collection of information gathered by members of the International Radiation Protection Association task group on “NORM” helps identify key differences in regulatory strategies. The main findings indicate that, while national regulations generally implement the requirements of international standards—and, for EU Member States, the provisions of European Commission directives—and consider ICRP recommendations, the regulatory approaches and protocols for managing worker exposure to radon in workplaces involving NORM vary significantly. In most countries, industrial processes involving NORM are regulated as planned exposure situations, whereas exposure to radon in workplaces is typically managed as an existing exposure situation. When radon doses need to be assessed because requirements for planned exposure situations apply, national regulations often require that these contributions be recorded and treated separately. However, in several countries, the contribution from radon inhalation is explicitly incorporated into the total effective dose assessment. In certain cases, the calculation specifically accounts only for the radon exposure attributable to the handling of NORM, excluding background or unrelated sources. The methodology for estimating radon doses can vary significantly between countries. There is a lack of harmonisation in the physical quantities used for assessment, as well as in the values of dose conversion factors.

Druh

J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

10304 - Nuclear physics

Projekt

—

Návaznosti

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2025

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

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

Název periodika

The European Physical Journal Plus

ISSN

2190-5444

e-ISSN

2190-5444

Svazek periodika

140

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

10

Stát vydavatele periodika

DE - Spolková republika Německo

Počet stran výsledku

15

Strana od-do

1004

Kód UT WoS článku

001595869800003

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-105019215156