Bioenvironmental Engineer's Guide to Ionizing Radiation
Abstract
The AF Institute for Operational Health's predecessor organization, the USAF Occupational and Environmental Health Laboratory published a similar guide for bioenvironmental engineers (BEEs) in 1985, covering many of the issues important to radiation safety tasks accomplished by BEEs in the 1980s. This report updates that guide and provides significantly more detail on radioactive materials, radiation detection principles and newer detection instruments, and identification of unknown radioactive materials in accidents, incidents, and weapons of mass destruction scenarios. The guide provides examples of public and occupation dose calculations and other measurement/evaluation tasks. While organized to be an encompassing document to address the vast majority of ionizing radiation issues posed to BEEs, other documents like AFIs 40-201 and 48-148, and AFM 48-125 are referenced for regulatory details. BEEs should contact consultants at the Radiation Surveillance Division (AFIOH/SDR) for technical issues beyond the scope of this guide. This report supersedes USAFOEHL Report 85-144RI111HXA, "Ionizing Radiation Guidebook for Bioenvironmental Engineers (BEEs)."
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2005
- Accession Number
- ADA439547
Entities
People
- Steven E. Rademacher