title: NCRP Program Area Committee 2: Operational Radiation Safety.
abstract: Program Area Committee 2 of the National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements provides guidance for radiation safety in occupational settings in a variety of industries and activities. The Committee completed three reports in recent years covering recommendations for the development and administration of radiation safety programs for smaller educational institutions, requirements for self-assessment programs that improve radiation safety and identify and correct deficiencies, and a comprehensive process for effective investigation of radiological incidents. Ongoing work includes a report on sealed radioactive source controls and oversight of a report on radioactive nanomaterials focusing on gaps within current radiation safety programs. Future efforts may deal with operational radiation safety programs in fields such as the safe use of handheld and portable x-ray fluorescence analyzers, occupational airborne radioactive contamination, unsealed radioactive sources, or industrial accelerators.
authors.affiliation: *3543 Normount Road, Oceanside, CA 92056; †Radiation Protection Division, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, P.O. Box 999, MSIN J2-40; 902 Battelle Boulevard; Richland, WA 99352.
authors.forename: Eric M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Goldin
authors.forename: Kathryn H
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Pryor
mesh_terms: D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011835:Radiation Protection; D011874:Radiometry; D012449:Safety; D012958:Societies, Scientific / Q000458:organization & administration*