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Incorporation Monitoring

When handling open radioactive substances it may occure that radionuclides are incorporated into the body, e.g. by inhalation, ingestion, through the skin or through an open wound. This leads to internal radiation exposure. It is the task of incorporation monitoring to assess the internal doses retrospectively.
 
Implementation of Incorporation Monitoring
 
For the handling of sources of ionising radiation, dose limits for the workers have been laid down in the German Radiation Protection Ordinance (StrlSchV). more...


   
BfS Coordinating Office on Incorporation Monitoring
 
Genetische Prädispositionen für StrahlenempfindlichkeitThe BfS Coordinating Office on Incorporation Monitoring in Germany is responsible for the quality assurance of the monitoring methods, the comparability and harmonisation of analytical and measuring procedures and of the methods of dose assessment. more...


In-vivo intercomparisons
 
Whole-body counter of the Regional Office for the Environment (Landesanstalt für Umwelt) Baden WürttembergOne of the major tasks of the BfS Coordinating Office on Incorporation Monitoring is to support the approved laboratories for incorporation monitoring (ALfIM) in their quality assurance in all stages in assessing the internal dose. more...


   
Empfehlungen zur Richtlinie
 
Die am 1. März 2007 in Kraft getretenene Richtlinie zur Inkorporationsüberwachung (Riphyko) gilt für die verschiedenen Anwendungsgebiete (Medizin, Kerntechnik, Industrie usw.) und ist daher naturgemäß in vielen Punkten nur sehr allgemein gehalten. Es ist das Ziel der vorliegenden Empfehlung, die Genehmigungs- und Aufsichtsbehörden bei der Anwendung der Riphyko zu unterstützen. more...


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