Safety as an unceasing process: The role of the health physics & safety department in a nuclear research centre

Pascal Deboodt

doi:10.1007/1-4020-3888-7_10

Safety as an unceasing process: The role of the health physics & safety department in a nuclear research centre

Pascal Deboodt

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Abstract

The nuclear research centres present a lot of characteristics which require from the people in charge of the Health Physics and Safety Department an appropriate approach. After the description of these characteristics and based on fifteen years of practice, using some real events leading to incident or quasi-accident, our contribution will indicate the approach which has been implemented, the main results gained and the trends for the next years. Although mainly focused on radiological risks, discussion will also be provided concerning the need for a global management of risks on the workplace, this topic being more and more considered as a fundamental for insuring the safety of the workers.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Safety Improvements through Lessons Learned from Operationals Experience in Nuclear Researcj Facilities
Editors	Francis Lambert, Yuri Volkov
Pages	187-196
Number of pages	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-3888-7_10
State	Published - 2006

Publication series

Name	NATO Security through Science Series B: Physics and Biophysics
Volume	4
ISSN (Print)	1871-465X

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Biotechnology
Biophysics
Nuclear and High Energy Physics
Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)

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Deboodt, P. (2006). Safety as an unceasing process: The role of the health physics & safety department in a nuclear research centre. In F. Lambert, & Y. Volkov (Eds.), Safety Improvements through Lessons Learned from Operationals Experience in Nuclear Researcj Facilities (pp. 187-196). (NATO Security through Science Series B: Physics and Biophysics; Vol. 4). https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-3888-7_10

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Deboodt, P 2006, Safety as an unceasing process: The role of the health physics & safety department in a nuclear research centre. in F Lambert & Y Volkov (eds), Safety Improvements through Lessons Learned from Operationals Experience in Nuclear Researcj Facilities. NATO Security through Science Series B: Physics and Biophysics, vol. 4, pp. 187-196. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-3888-7_10

Safety as an unceasing process: The role of the health physics & safety department in a nuclear research centre. / Deboodt, Pascal.
Safety Improvements through Lessons Learned from Operationals Experience in Nuclear Researcj Facilities. ed. / Francis Lambert; Yuri Volkov. 2006. p. 187-196 (NATO Security through Science Series B: Physics and Biophysics; Vol. 4).

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