title: Evaluation of occupational exposure to ELF magnetic fields at power plants in Greece in the context of European directives.
abstract: The scope of this paper is to comparatively present the extremely low-frequency (ELF) measurements performed at four power plants in Greece, focusing on: (a) the worst-case exposure conditions, (b) the existence of magnetic field harmonic components, (c) the technical similarities among the power plants and (d) comparison of the measured percentages of reference levels at typical working areas in the power plants. A detailed measurement methodology is proposed, including broadband on-site inspection of the working areas, weighted averaged root-mean-square and peak values of magnetic flux density, percentage of reference levels, according to 1998 ICNIRP guidelines and harmonic analysis of the multi-frequency magnetic fields. During the analysis of the occupational exposure in all power plants, the new Directive 2013/35/EU has been taken into account. The study concludes by proposing a mapping procedure of working areas into certain zones, in order to take measures for workers safety.
authors.affiliation: Greek Atomic Energy Commission (EEAE), Non Ionizing Radiation Office, Patriarxou Grigoriou and Neapoleos, PO Box 60092, Zip Code 15310, Agia Paraskevi, Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Christopoulou
authors.affiliation: Greek Atomic Energy Commission (EEAE), Non Ionizing Radiation Office, Patriarxou Grigoriou and Neapoleos, PO Box 60092, Zip Code 15310, Agia Paraskevi, Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: Chrysa
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Govari
authors.affiliation: Greek Atomic Energy Commission (EEAE), Non Ionizing Radiation Office, Patriarxou Grigoriou and Neapoleos, PO Box 60092, Zip Code 15310, Agia Paraskevi, Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: Panagiota
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Tsaprouni
authors.affiliation: Greek Atomic Energy Commission (EEAE), Non Ionizing Radiation Office, Patriarxou Grigoriou and Neapoleos, PO Box 60092, Zip Code 15310, Agia Paraskevi, Athens, Greece efthymios.karabetsos@eeae.gr.
authors.forename: Efthymios
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Karabetsos
mesh_terms: D016223:Advance Directives / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D004781:Environmental Exposure / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005062:European Union; D006115:Greece; D006801:Humans; D060526:Magnetic Fields / Q000009:adverse effects*; D016273:Occupational Exposure / Q000032:analysis* / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D011210:Power Plants; D011834:Radiation Monitoring