Re: security of rad material

["J. J. Rozental" <josrozen@netmedia.net.il>]

George Rawls
University of Florida
Health Physicist
george@pliny.ehs.ufl.edu
At 12:33 PM 12/15/97 -0600, you wrote:

>I am speaking here of the entry by private contractor personnel into 
>these labs when the labs are unattended(night and weekend).  Since 
>many , if not most of these labs rely only upon the locked outer 
>door(s) for security of rad material, the question is:
>
>In light of the NRC security regulations, should these contractor 
>personnel be allowed unescorted entry into these storage/use areas?
>
>There are two views here:
>
>1. Train them to stay away from posted areas and don't touch anything 
>in those areas and let them go unescorted.
>
>2. You can train for radiation protection but you can't train for 
>security concerns.  These contractor personnel must be accompanied 
>into the areas of concern by a university employee due to security 
>regs.

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This could be applied to the  totality of  countries with infrastructure on
Radiation Safety and Protection,  including  my own, Brazil:

The IAEA Safety Series 120 Radiation Protection and the Safety of Radiation
Source, 1996, mention:

7.7, page 14 -- In the Organization, it is the management's responsibility
to recognize the significance for protection and safety of its activities,
and to promote a radiation safety culture aimed at developing and
maintaining an attitude of rigor and thoroughness towards safety that
permeates the entire organization...


This means:

1) Considering Administrative Requirements: -- The responsibility for
radiation protection in an establishment lies with its management, and
comprise the supervision of all relevant aspects of radiation protection,
not only to occupational workers, members of the public but also include any
other person in an controlled area, wathever the case,  time  and date;

2) The same approach is considered for physical protection (security) and
the safety of radiation  sources.

J. J. Rozental <josrozen@netmedia.net.il>