| Document ID (ISN) | 20818 |
| CIS number |
74-719 |
| Year |
1972 |
| Convention or series no. |
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| Author(s) |
Department of Employment, London. |
| Title |
Code of practice for the protection of persons exposed to ionising radiations in research and teaching. |
| Bibliographic information |
H.M. Stationery Office, P.O. Box 569, London S.E.1, United Kingdom, 1972. 64p. 75 ref. Price: £0.45. |
| Abstract |
The code is divided into 14 parts covering: scope (establishments, hazards, persons); administrative organisation (allocation of responsibility, marking of areas, etc.); suitability of buildings; general precautions; control of the effectiveness of protective measures; medical supervision; special precautions in specific cases (work with X-ray and other radiation emitting installations, work with sealed sources or unsealed radioactive substances); special precautions; emergency procedures; storage of materials; transport; waste disposal. The booklet also contains a list of definitions, and appendices giving tables of maximum permissible doses and surface contamination levels, a typical administrative organisation plan, methods of decontaminating laboratories. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
ionizing radiation; radiation protection; research establishments; educational institutions; United Kingdom |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
x-ray equipment; radioactive sources; particle accelerators; decontamination of equipment; directive; disposal of radioactive waste; permissible radiation doses; medical supervision; emergency organization |
| Document type |
F - Information notes, codes of practice, standards |
| Subject(s) |
Radiation
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| Broad subject area(s) |
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| Browse category(ies) |
Ionizing radiation
Teaching and educational institutions
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