Monitoring strategy
3. Set action levels for dose rate and contamination
Action levels for dose rate and contamination (both surface and airborne) should be set in consultation with the responsible RPA.
Minimum recording dose rate and contamination action levels must be defined, above which records must be taken.
Maximum working dose rate and contamination action levels must be defined (for the safety of personnel). If these levels are exceeded, the surveyor should stop the work and seek advice.
The action levels should be set in accordance with ALARP and take into consideration any planned future use of the facility.
Good practice online modules
- Practical radiation monitoring
- Practical radiation monitoring units
- Radiation monitoring strategy
- Choice of radiation instrument
- Radiation monitoring techniques
- Estimating surface radioactivity
- Radiation instrument calibration
- Uncertainties in radiation measurement
- Troubleshooting in radiation monitoring