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The Increased Use of Radiation Requires Enhanced Activities Regarding Radiation Safety Control (방사성 물질 등의 이용 증가에 따른 안전 관리 문제점 고찰)

  • Lee, Yunjong;Lee, Jinwoo;Jeong, Gyo-Seong
    • Journal of Radiation Industry
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    • v.9 no.2
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    • pp.103-109
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    • 2015
  • More recently, companies that have obtained permission to use radioactive materials or radiation device and registered radiation workers have increased by 10% and 4% respectively. The increased use of radiation could have an effect on radiation safety control. However, there is not nearly enough manpower and budget compared to the number of workers and facilities. This paper will suggest a counteroffer thought analyzing pending issues. The results of this paper indicate that there are 47 and 31.3 workers per radiation protection officer in educational and research institutes, respectively. There are 20.1 persons per RPO in hospitals, even though there are 2 RPOs appointed. Those with a special license as a radioisotope handler were ruled out as possible managers because medical doctors who have a special license for radioisotope handling normally have no experience with radiation safety. The number of staff members and budget have been insufficient for safety control at most educational and research institutes. It is necessary to build an optimized safety control system for effective Radiation Safety Control. This will reduce the risk factor of safety, and a few RPOs can be supplied for efficiency and convenience.

A study on Optimization at Diagnostic Radiation Safety Management (진단용 방사선 안전관리최적화에 대한연구)

  • 임재동;김병석;강경식
    • Proceedings of the Safety Management and Science Conference
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    • 2004.11a
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    • pp.439-445
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    • 2004
  • 1895년에 독일 뢴트겐에 의해 발견된 이후 X선은 1896년부터 의료목적으로 사용된 기록이 있으며, 한국에 도입되어 진단용X선발생장치로서 환자 진료에 사용하기 시작한 역사는 1911년경부터 조선총독부의원과 세브란스의원에 도입되어 사용하게 되었다. 최근 의학 및 의용공학의 발전으로 방사선을 이용한 진단 기술의 발전과 건강에 대한 국민의 의료욕구가 증가함에 따라 방사선을 이용한 질병의 진단과 치료 방법에서 새로운 기법이 개발되고 그 이용은 지속적으로 증가되고 있는 추세이다. 방사선의 이용은 진단 및 치료에 중대한 이득을 제공하고 있으나 그 이면에는 최적화 및 정당화 되지 않은 방사선의 피폭으로 장애 및 유해요인이 초래되는 것은 부인할 수 없다. 이와 관련하여 방사선을 이용하여 검사 및 치료를 시행함에 있어 피폭선량 최적화를 위한 기술적 노력은 방사선 관계자의 막중한 의무이다.

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북극 항공로 우주방사선 안전 기준에 관한 연구

  • Hwang, Jeong-A;Lee, Jae-Jin;Jo, Gyeong-Seok;Choe, Ho-Seong;Lee, Seong-Eun;No, Su-Ryeon;Hong, Jin-Hui;Jo, Il-Hyeon
    • Bulletin of the Korean Space Science Society
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    • 2009.10a
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    • pp.25.4-25.4
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    • 2009
  • 국내에서는 대한항공이 2006년 8월 17일에, 북극 항공로를 처음으로 운항하기 시작한지 벌써 3년이 넘어서고 있는 현실에서 국내 항공기의 승무원 및 승객 보호를 위한 우주방사선 안전 기준 연구가 시급한 것이 현실이다. 특히 우주방사선 관리의 필요성을 명시한 생활주변방사선 안전관리법안이 현재 국회 심의중이고, 이에 따른 우주방사선 관련 정책 개발 연구 과제를 한국천문연구원 태양우주환경연구그룹에서 진행 중이다. 이 과제의 현재까지의 진행 상황 및 안전조치 방안들에 대한 나름의 제안에 관해서 이번 발표에서 다루어 질 것이다.

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Evaluation of the Decontamination Efficiency of Radioactive Wastes Generated during the Production of 201Tl (201Tl의 생산과정에서 발생한 방사성 폐기물의 제염 효율 평가)

  • Heo, Jae-Seung;Kim, Sang-Rok;Kim, Gi-Sub;Ahn, Yun-jin;Kim, Jung-Min
    • Journal of radiological science and technology
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    • v.44 no.5
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    • pp.481-487
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    • 2021
  • This study was conducted for the purpose of efficient radioactive waste disposal and management. Experiment was evaluated the decontamination efficiencies of the four types decontamination materials(Water, Alcohol, Decontamination Water, Decontamination Gel) with radioactive wastes generated during radio-pharmaceutical production process at Korea Institute Radiological and Medical Sciences(KIRAMS). The radioactive waste sample used in experiment is a lead plate of the fume hood that was disposed in April, 2019. In the experimental method, radioactive waste was measured before and after decontamination using a HPGe semiconductor detector and Gamma survey meter. The measured values before and after decontamination were evaluated for decontamination efficiency as a percentage. As a result, it was confirmed that a lot of specific activity and surface dose rate was removed from the radioactive wastes. In particular, when decontamination water was used, most of the radioactivity of radioactive wastes was removed. Considering these results, if decontamination water is used in decontamination of radioactive waste, decontamination efficiency equivalent to the disposition criteria can be expected with just one decontamination treatment. In addition, in the case of water and alcohol, only on decontamination was effective in approximately 75% and 95%. Otherwise, when decontamination gel was used, it was confirmed that the largest deviation occurred among all experimental results.

Terms Standardization between the Rules of Diagnosis Radiation Equipment Safety Management and Atomic Energy Law : Problems and Suggestions (진단용 방사선발생장치의 안전관리에 관한 규칙과 원자력법의 용어통일 개선 방향)

  • Kim, Hwa-Gon;Kang, Se-Sik;Kim, Chang-Soo;Park, Cheol-Seo
    • Journal of radiological science and technology
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    • v.29 no.1
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    • pp.39-46
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    • 2006
  • The rules and terms are described different meaning, in this results the research is accomplished for preventing practical workers from confusion. Atomic law are kept up modification and development in our situation by the ICRP's recommendation, on the other hand, the rules of diagnosis radiation equipment safety managements are modified partial, then resulted in confusion. The study was comparison between the rules of diagnosis radiation equipment safety management and atomic energy law, and the modification items obtained were as follows. 1. With each other different the terms and units are used. With the exception of special terms for affairs usage, it is needless to say that common term uniformity is standardized. The standardization of rules and guidance have not need to confusion radiological practical workers. 2. The following is omitted. 1) The radiation protection against tile patient and the hospital visitor. 2) Radiation dose limit of the woman patient who is in the process of becoming pregnant. 3) Radiation dose limit of the person who is not regarded as madical madical exposure. 4) The control of the exposure of pregnant of women at work.

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Relationship between Knowledge, Attitude, Behavior, and Self-Efficacy on the Radiation Safety Management of Radiation Workers in Medical Institutions (의료기관 방사선종사자의 방사선안전관리에 대한 지식, 태도 및 행위와 자기효능감 간의 관련성)

  • Han, Eun-Ok
    • Journal of Radiation Protection and Research
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    • v.32 no.2
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    • pp.89-96
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    • 2007
  • Radiation safety managements in medical institutions are needed to protect certain radiation damages as a part of National Coalition. This study investigates the characteristics of self-efficacy that become the major factor on the knowledge, attitude, and behavior on the radiation safety management of radiation workers as an approach of educational aspects and analyzes the relationship between such factors to provide basic materials for improving the activity level of radiation safety managements. In order to implement the goal or this study, a survey was performed for 1,200 workers who were engaged in radiation treatments in medical centers, such as general hospital, university hospital, private hospital, and public health center for 42 days from July 23,2006. Then, the results of the analysis can be summarized as follows: 1. Average scores on knowledge, attitude, and behavior in the radiation safety management were presented as $75.76{\pm}11.20$, $90.55{\pm}8.59$, $80.58{\pm}11.70$, respectively. Also, the average score of self-efficacy was recorded as $73.55{\pm}9.82$. 2. Knowledge levels in the radiation safety management showed significant differences according to the sex, age, marriage, education, and experience. Also, males of married, older, highly educated, and largely experienced represented high knowledge levels. Attitude levels in the radiation safety management showed certain significant differences according to the type of medical centers in which private hospitals showed a relatively low level compared to that of high levels in university hospitals. Behavior levels in the radiation safety management also represented significant differences according to the age, marriage, education, experience, and types of medical centers. Factors in married, general hospital, older, highly educated, and largely experienced showed high behavior levels. In addition, the self-efficacy showed certain differences according to the marriage and types of medical centers. Factors in married and general hospital demonstrated high self-efficacy levels. 3. Relationship between knowledge, attitude, behavior, and self-efficacy on the radiation safety management showed statistical differences according to the relationship between the knowledge and the attitude, the knowledge and the behavior, the attitude and the behavior, the attitude and the self-efficacy, and the behavior and the self-efficacy. The relationship between the behavior and the self-efficacy was represented as r = 0.482, which was the strongest relationship in such factors. Also, the knowledge and self-efficacy didn't show certain relationships.

A Study on Regulations Through Analysis of the Status of Radiation Workers and Related Workers and Satisfaction Survey in the Radiology Department (방사선작업종사자 및 방사선관계종사자의 현황 분석과 교내 실습 만족도 조사를 통한 방사선(학)과의 규제에 대한 고찰)

  • Jung, Hyunseo;Lee, Yong-Ki;Ahn, Sung-Min
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Radiology
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    • v.16 no.3
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    • pp.327-334
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    • 2022
  • In this study, the purpose of this study was to conduct a basic study on the effectiveness and feasibility of the regulation of the Nuclear Safety Act for the department of radiology by examining the questionnaire on the satisfaction of on-campus practice while attending the department of radiology and the current status of radiation workers and radiation related workers. As for the satisfaction of the workers who were designated as frequent visitors while attending the department of radiology and did not handle and operate the radiation generator during on-campus training, 34.62% of the workers answered 'not satisfied'. On the other hand, 50% of workers who were designated as radiation workers while attending school or who were enrolled in school before the regulation of the nuclear safety act and handled and operated radiation generators were 'satisfied' at 50%. In addition, the annual exposure dose of radiation workers in educational institutions was found to be less than 0.05 mSv. If you look at the trends of radiation workers and radiation workers, it can be seen that students who graduate from the Department of Radiology find the most employment in the field dealing with diagnostic radiation generators registered as radiation workers among medical institutions. Therefore, by easing the regulations of the current Nuclear Safety Act or by amending the medical act and the rules on the safety management of diagnostic radiation generating devices, etc. It is presumed that something is necessary.