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Best Practices in Industrial Radiography for Enhanced Safety

Explore recommendations from the 2nd EAN Workshop on Industrial Radiography, covering industry size, worker doses, accidents, ALARA principles, equipment development, safety culture, and training. Discover key focus areas for minimizing risks and improving safety standards.

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Best Practices in Industrial Radiography for Enhanced Safety

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  1. Industrial Radiography:Recommendations from the 2nd EAN Workshop P Shaw, P Crouail, J Croft, C Lefaure

  2. Setting the scene:Industrial radiography • long established • widespread (all Member States) • set to continue • high output gamma and x-ray sources • dedicated facilities and “site/open shop” • doses can be high • history of accidents

  3. Size of the industry • Some data on radiography employers: • 130 organisations in Spain • Similar number in UK • More data on workers: • 3000-5000 in some EU countries • European total = up to 50 000?

  4. Worker Doses France (2000) • 50 radiographers above 20 mSv (40% of all cases) UK (1999) • 8 above 20 mSv (20% of all cases) • 5 above 50 mSv (100% of all cases) UNSCEAR (1991-1994) • average annual dose = 3.17 mSv

  5. Radiography accidents French Curie Institute (from 1951) • 149 radiography casualties • = 70% of non-nuclear cases • = 38% of all cases UK IRID database • 39% of accidents due to radiography Regular feature in EAN newsletter

  6. ALARA in Industrial radiography • Problem highlighted at 2nd Workshop • Biggest scope for ALARA • Three main issues • radiography equipment • safety culture and management • training

  7. Radiography and monitoring equipment • Who is developing equipment? • What improvements have been made? • How do they contribute to ALARA? • What are the costs? • Are new developments used? • How important is maintenance? • What is the role of regulators?

  8. Safety culture and management • Why is ALARA not more prominent? • role of industry, regulators, experts and clients? • Co-operation with industry organisations? • How might it work? What can it achieve? • What other practical pressures exist? • Are accidents fully reported? • Can feedback be improved?

  9. Training of industrial radiographers • Current national requirements? • training and accreditation • Achieving a coherent international approach? • Dose and accident databases? • Availability • Effectiveness (feedback) • Compatibility

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