1. EUROPEAN ALARA NETWORK
6th WORKSHOP EAN
RADIOLOGICAL PROTECTION FORUM
Carmen Álvarez
Manuel Rodríguez
Nuclear Safety Council
Madrid (Spain)
October 2002

2. RADIOLOGICAL PROTECTION FORUM
The Nuclear Safety Council has established a permanent Forum concerning Radiological Protection in the Medical Field, to favour the comunication between regulators and stakeholders.

3. The Forum holds three components: Nuclear Safety Council
FORUM COMPONENTS
The Forum holds three components:
Nuclear Safety Council
Radiological Protection Association
Medical Physics Association -. -.

4. MISSION
To encourage dialogue in order to improve both Safety and Radiological Protection of Medical Radioactive Facilities
To improve the effectiveness of the operations in Medical Radioactive Facilities

5. The Forum functions through: Forum Committee Ad-hoc Working Groups
STRUCTURE
The Forum functions through:
Forum Committee
Ad-hoc Working Groups

6. Permanent Members : CSN R P Technical Director
FORUM COMMITTEE
Permanent Members : CSN
R P Technical Director
Occupational R P Manager
Environmental R P Manager
Four Area Heads

7. Permanent Members : Associations The two Presidents
FORUM COMMITTEE
Permanent Members : Associations
The two Presidents
Three representants of each of them
One of them is the secretary of the Forum

8. President of one of the two
FORUM COMMITTEE HEAD
CSN:
R P Technical Director
ASSOCIATIONS:
President of one of the two -

9. Their composition depends on the issue they deal with
WORKING GROUPS
Their composition depends on the issue they deal with
The length of time during which the group is active depends on the job it develops

10. Co-ordination of common interest issues Exchange of information
FORUM ACTIVITY
Set up of working groups dealing with issues in the Radiological Protection field applied to the Medical Radioactive facilities
Co-ordination of common interest issues
Exchange of information

11. Topic of working groups :
FORUM ACTIVITY
Topic of working groups :
Practical aplication of reglamentation and regulatory conditions
Analysis of new standards, requirements and recommendations
Identification of needs for new standards to be applied in radioactive facilities, technical assistance services and sellers

12. The Forum Committee meets four times a year
FORUM ACTIVITY
The Forum Committee meets four times a year
The CSN helps the members of the Committee with the costs

13. R P in Pregnant workers exposed to ionising radiation
WORKING MATTERS
R P in Pregnant workers exposed to ionising radiation
General R P Manual in accordance with the Directive 96/29/EURATOM translated to Spanish Regulations
Radioactive effluents discharge criteria
Management of solid radioactive waste

14. Licensing of new facilities and Modifications of operating facilities
WORKING MATTERS
Licensing of new facilities and Modifications of operating facilities
Metrology in Brachytherapy
Supervisor and Operation’s Licenses
Metabolic Therapy

15. Development of Reglamentation concerning workers of external companies
WORKING MATTERS
Internal Dosimetry
Area Dosimetry
Development of Reglamentation concerning workers of external companies
Continuous training

16. Radiological Protection Services in Hospitals Medical surveillance
WORKING MATTERS
Radiological Protection Services in Hospitals
Medical surveillance

17. FORUM DOCUMENTS
Radiological Protection in Pregnant workers exposed to ionising radiation
The objective is to establish the work conditions of pregnant women in order to limit the maximum doses over the fetus to 1 mSv during the remainder of pregnancy

18. The document establishes:
FORUM DOCUMENTS
The document establishes:
2 mSv over the abdomen can produce 1 mSv over the fetus
Working places where pregnant workers mustn’t developed their professional activity
Elaborates several reduced documents adressed to women and physicians

19. General Radiological Protection Manual
FORUM DOCUMENTS
General Radiological Protection Manual
The new reglamentation establishes that R P Services and Units, must elaborate a Manual
The Forum has established the general frame of the Manual in order to help users
The Manual is already available, and about to be published

20. Management of solid radioactive waste
FORUM DOCUMENTS
Management of solid radioactive waste
CSN has established a guide concerning solid waste management produced in radioactive facilities.
The guide includes the values of the IAEA-TECDOC-1000 document to choose the waste evacuation way.

21. Management of solid radioactive waste
FORUM DOCUMENTS
Management of solid radioactive waste
The guide was published early 2002
The Forum accepted the guide and encouraged a new legal text
Legal standard on this issue will be published end 2002

22. Licensing and Modification of facilities
FORUM DOCUMENTS
Licensing and Modification of facilities
CSN has produced a document concerning the application of the new Reglamentation
The CSN presented the conclusion to the Forum Committee
It is an internal document to apply our Reglementation

23. Radioactive effluents discharge criteria
FORUM DOCUMENTS
Radioactive effluents discharge criteria
The Directive 96/29/EURATOM included in our Reglamentation, doesn’t contain the value for ALI
The Forum document includes:
The ALI values

24. Radioactive effluents discharge criteria
FORUM DOCUMENTS
Radioactive effluents discharge criteria
A new condition for radioactive facilities with the total activity that each facility can discharge to the water net in a year (specifically for H-3, C-14 and the rest of radionuclides), and the maximum activity concentration for each discharge for people over 17

25. NEW WORKING GROUPS
The Forum Committee has established two new working groups whose topics are:
Internal Dosimetry
Area Dosimetry
OBJECTIVE: To prepare two documents including the criteria for internal doses surveillance and to assign the worker’s doses from area monitoring

26. FORUM ACTIVITY APPRECIATION
The Forum has been operating 2 years
Its work has been very positive
The Forum activity has favoured Safety Culture through the quality of its technical work