Contextual Information for the Potential Enhancement of Annual Radiation Protection Program Review Reports.

ABSTRACT: Organizations possessing sources of ionizing radiation are required to develop, document, and implement a "radiation protection program" that is commensurate with the scope and extent of permitted activities and sufficient to ensure compliance with basic radiation safety regulations. The radiation protection program must also be reviewed at least annually, assessing program content and implementation. A convenience sample assessment of web-accessible and voluntarily-submitted radiation protection program annual review reports revealed that while the reports consistently documented compliance with necessary regulatory elements, very few included any critical contextual information describing how important the ability to possess radiation sources was to the central mission of the organizatio

SUBMITTER: Emery RJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5898824 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature