Page 616 - Radiation Safety

SOURCES OF EMERGENCY

 Loss of control to personnel working with the devices:

 Workers or other persons receiving or suspected of receiving a radiation dose

exceeding the operational or annual dose limits.

 It usually happens when unauthorised persons manage to get access to the device

or to the controlled or supervised area when the device is in operation.

 It is likely to happen with a portable device or with a controlled or supervised area

where there is inadequate provision of warning signs and safety interlock systems.

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