Safety culture in handling radioactive materials: a review
This paper reviews the safety culture in handling radioactive sources. Safety culture refers to how safety is addressed and communicated in the workplace. It encompasses the attitudes, beliefs, perceptions, and values of all employees in an organization in relation to safety. A good safety cultu...
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| Format: | Conference or Workshop Item |
| Language: | English |
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2018
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| Online Access: | http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/7064/1/P10268_efe51cb8c6377b847b59a669e5746abe.pdf http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/7064/ |
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| Summary: | This paper reviews the safety culture in handling radioactive sources. Safety culture refers to how
safety is addressed and communicated in the workplace. It encompasses the attitudes, beliefs, perceptions, and
values of all employees in an organization in relation to safety. A good safety culture can be promoted by
management through commitment to safety, realistic practices for handling hazards, continuous organizational
learning and concern for hazards shared across the workforce. The radioactive substances used should comply
with the following characteristics where radiotoxicity must be as low as possible, short-living isotopes are
preferred than long-living ones and the amounts used must be kept to a minimum. Therefore, the ‘As Low As
Reasonably Achievable’ (ALARA) principle was applied that based on the minimization of radiation doses and
limiting the release of radioactive materials into the environment by employing all reasonable methods. Besides
that, the ALARA principle is an integral part of all activities that involve the use of radiation or radioactive
materials and can help prevent unnecessary exposure as well as overexposure. The three major ALARA principles
to assist with maintaining doses are time, distance and shielding. It takes a whole team effort to successfully
implement the ALARA in safety culture while doing routine element of working in handling radioactive materials. |
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