ATOMIC ENERGY LICENSING
(BASIC SAFETY RADIATION PROTECTION)
REGULATIONS 2010
PART II SYSTEM OF RADIOLOGICAL PROTECTION
Justification of practices
Reg 4
No practices or source within a practices shall be authorized unless the practices produces sufficient benefit to the exposed individuals or to society to offset the radiation harm that it might cause , that it unless the practice is justified, taking into the social, economic and other relevant factor.
Optimization of protection and safety
Reg 5
Every licensee shall ensure that for all exposure from any particular radiation source within a practice, except for medical exposure, protection and safety shall be optimized
-magnitude of individual doses, the number of people exposed and the likelihood of incurring exposure should be as low as reasonably achievable (ALARA)
Dose constraint
Reg6
Every licensee shall ensure that, except for medical exposure, , the optimization of the protection and safety measures associated with any particular radiation source with 2 main responsible.
Dose limit
Reg 7
Every licensee shall ensure that no worker or student or member of public receive exposure from practice exceeds than relevent dose limit.
worker
member of public
apprentices and students
special circumstances
Part III Occupational exposure
Regulation 15 - Regulation 40
Responsibilities of licensee and employer
Reg 15
(1) Every licensee and employer of workers who are engaged in activities involving normal exposure and potential exposure shall be responsible for the protection of workers from occupational exposure and other relevant requirement determined by appropriate authority.
Classification of workers
Reg 17
(1) and (2) the licensee shall classify working areas into clean, supervised and controlled areas to determine the boundaries of the area into account of the likelihood and magnitude of potential exposure and nature and extent of required protection and safety procedure.
Employment of radiation protection officer and qualified expert
Reg 16
licensee shall employ radiation protection officer as approved by the appropriate authority to carry out the duties
Personal protective equipment
Reg 20
The licensee shall ensure that workers are provided, where appropriate, with suitable and adequate personal protective equipment such as protective clothing, protective respiratory equipment, protective aprons, gloves and organ shields
PART IV MEDICAL EXPOSURE
Example regulation in
medical exposure
Justification of medical
exposure
Reg 42
medical exposure shall be justified by weighing diagnostic and therapeutic benefit produced by exposure against the radiation detriment caused, taking into the account the benefits and risks of other available techniques that do not involve medical exposure
Optimization of protection
from medical exposure
Reg 43
The requirements in respect of the optimization of protection from medical exposure shall be considered to be in addition to the optimization of protection and safety from exposure as specified in regulation 5.
Design consideration
Reg 44
While designing any installation or facilities for radiation sources and equipment used in medical exposure, the licensee shall take into several consideration which specified in Reg 45, Reg 46 and Reg 47
Regulation 41 - Regulation 58
Example regulation in occupational exposure
Patient not to be discharged
from hospital
Reg 56
A patient who has undergone a therapeutic procedure with sealed or unsealed source shall not be discharged from hospital until the activity of radioactive material in the body falls below the guidance level as specified in Table IV of the Sixth Schedule.
Investigation, notification and reporting
of accidental medical exposure
Reg 57
The licensee shall notify the appropriate authority of all accidental medical exposures within twenty-four hours after the occurrence of such accidental medical exposures.
Responsibilities of licensee or employer
PART V PUBLIC EXPOSURE
Regulations 59 - Regulations 64
Example regulations in public exposure
Protection of exposure to public
Reg 59
The licensee shall be responsible, in respect of any radiation source under his supervision for several purposes mentioned in the regulation
Control of visitors
Reg 60
The licensee shall ensure that :
(a) every visitor to a controlled area is accompanied by a person who has knowledge about radiation protection and safety measures for that area
(b) provide adequate information and instructions to visitors before they
enter a controlled area to ensure appropriate protection of the visitors
(c) ensure adequate control over the entry of visitors to any supervised
area
Control and monitoring of
radioactive discharge
Reg 62
The licensee shall not discharge any radioactive material, nuclear material or prescribed substance into the environment unless certain condition such as the discharge is within the discharge limit as authorized by the appropriate authority
Monitoring of public exposure
Reg 63
The licensee shall, requires establish and carry out an environmental monitoring programme to assess the public exposure
Part I - Part X
Regulation 4 - regulation 14
PART VI POTENTIAL EXPOSURE AND SAFETY OF RADIATION SOURCES
Regulation 65 - regulation 71
Example regulations in PART VI
Safety procedure for potential exposure
Reg 65
The licensee shall ensure the safety of the radiation source and the system associated with the radiation source, which is in his possession or under his control.
Prevention of accidents
Reg 67
The licensee shall make suitable arrangements to prevent as far as possible, any accident that could reasonably before seen for any radiation source which is in his possession or under his control, and to limit the consequences of any accident that occurs.
Emergency plans
Reg 68
The licensee shall establish an emergency plan for responding to and correcting every reasonably foreseeable emergency situation involving a radiation source
