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Record Nr.

UNINA9911006806503321

Titolo

Design of effective radiological effluent monitoring and environmental surveillance programs

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bethesda, Md., : National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements, c2012

ISBN

1-61344-986-0

1-4619-0763-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (336 p.)

Collana

NCRP report ; ; no. 169

Disciplina

621.48/38

Soggetti

Radioactive pollution

Nuclear facilities

Environmental monitoring

Radiation - Measurement

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Recommendations of the National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements. December 7, 2010."

Report was prepared by Scientific Committee 64-22.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Effluent monitoring and environmental surveillance programs -- Program planning -- The role of quality assurance/quality control in the program -- Environmental pathways -- Modeling predictions -- Effluent monitoring -- Environmental surveillance -- Communicating the results of monitoring programs.

Sommario/riassunto

This Report is intended to support the design and operation of integrated radiological effluent monitoring and environmental surveillance. Performing monitoring and surveillance as a combined program allows each element to contribute its own strengths, with a built-in system for checking the results of one with the results of the other. Radionuclides that are important contributors to radiation dose are often at relatively high concentration at points of release, where they can be monitored with ease and accuracy so that their concentrations at points of exposure can be estimated according to a computational model. Meanwhile, the surveillance program can detect these radionuclides near points of exposure or at least show them to



be below concentrations of concern. These paired measurements also can ascertain whether the release and exposure points are suitably located and instrumented, and whether the transport calculations for these releases are credible. The Report emphasizes: - designing credible programs; - presenting tried and true methods; and - integrating technical and methodological developments.