Radiation safety: New international standards

1994 - Volume 36, Issue 2 | by Gonzalez, A.J. (International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna (Austria). Div. of Nuclear Safety) | This article highlights an important result of this work for the international harmonization of radiation safety: specifically, it present an overview of the forthcoming International Basic Safety Standards for Protection Against Ionizing Radiation and for the Safety of ... Read more »

Sea disposal of radioactive wastes: The London Convention 1972

1994 - Volume 36, Issue 2 | by Sjoeblom, K.L.; Linsley, G. (International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna (Austria). Div. of Nuclear Fuel Cycle and Waste Management) | For many years the oceans were used for the disposal of industrial wastes, including radioactive wastes. In the 1970s, the practice became subject to an international convention which had the aim of regularizing procedures and preventing activities which could lead to marine ... Read more »

Safety standards for radioactive waste management: Documenting international consensus

1994 - Volume 36, Issue 2 | by Warnecke, E.; Saire, D.E. (International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna (Austria). Div. of Nuclear Fuel Cycle and Waste Management) | Over the past several years, the IAEA has been working to provide evidence that radioactive waste can be managed safely and to help demonstrate a harmonization of approaches at the international level. A special series of safety documents devoted to radioactive waste management ... Read more »

The interface between nuclear safeguards and radioactive waste disposal: Emerging issues

1994 - Volume 36, Issue 2 | by Linsley, G. (International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna (Austria). Div. of Nuclear Fuel Cycle and Waste Management); Fattah, A. (International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna (Austria). Dept. of Safeguards) | The article examines the current safeguards position with respect to radioactive waste disposal, including spent fuel, from a radioactive waste management perspective ... Read more »

Education and training in radiation protection and nuclear safety: Bridging the gaps

1994 - Volume 36, Issue 2 | by Skornik, K. (International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna (Austria). Div. of Nuclear Safety) | Education and training are indispensable to the development of human resources in industries around the world. In nuclear industries, efforts have intensified in these areas over recent years. In its programme plan to the year 2000, the IAEA has attached considerable importance ... Read more »

Radon in the human environment: Assessing the picture

1994 - Volume 36, Issue 2 | by Ahmed, J.U. (International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna (Austria). Div. of Nuclear Safety) | Current knowledge of potential health effects from radon exposure in dwellings, on the other hand, is rather limited. The relationship between the incidence of excess lung cancer among underground miners and exposure to radon cannot be sensibly used to understand potential ... Read more »

Radiological research of the Black Sea: Report from Romania

1994 - Volume 36, Issue 2 | by Bologa, A. (Romanian Marine Research Inst., Constantza (Romania)) | The Sea's radioactivity levels have been the subject of rigorous research in the riparian countries and among organizations participating in various international oceanographical cruises. After the Chernobyl accident in 1986, interest in radioecological research of the Black Sea ... Read more »