Page 507 - Radiation Safety

RADIATION RISK MANAGEMENT:

Radiation Risk Control

Tolerable risk must be controlled and workers protected.

Two radiation protection systems:

➢Proposed and continuing practices: these are actions which

cause exposures to radiation,

➢Intervention: these are actions which decrease exposures

Three principles used in both radiation protection systems:

➢Justification of practice

➢Optimization of protection and safety

➢Dose limit