Current tasks of radiation health physics

• Main Authors: A. V. Simakov, V. V. Romanov, Yu. V. Abramov, N. L. Proskuryakova
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Saint-Petersburg Research Institute of Radiation Hygiene after Professor P.V. Ramzaev 2019-09-01
• Series: Radiacionnaâ Gigiena
• Subjects: radiation safety; spent nuclear fuel; decommissioning of radiation facilities; remediation of radioactively contaminated sites
• Online Access: https://www.radhyg.ru/jour/article/view/634

The fundamentals of the state policy in the field of nuclear and radiation safety of the Russian Federation for the period up to 2025 and the further perspective have determined that one of the objectives of the state policy in the field of radiation safety is to maintain the risk of radiation exposure of the nuclear workers as low as possible. To achieve this goal, efforts and resources should be focused on solving a number of tasks, including: protection in accordance with the principle of acceptable risk for nuclear workers; improvement of the state management and state regulation of safety in the field of nuclear energy using; radiation safety assurance during the decommissioning of nuclear legacy facilities, management of spent nuclear fuel, remediation of radioactively contaminated sites of the Russian Federation. Today, federal authorities responsible for monitoring and supervising the health and epidemiological welfare of workers in some industries with especially hazardous working conditions, and research institutions involved in scientific and methodological support of these authorities are faced with the task of solving the following urgent problems in the field of radiation safety: to improve regulatory and methodical support of the state radiation safety regulation; to assure safety and protection of workers and the population during the decommissioning of radiation hazardous facilities and remediation of radioactively contaminated sites; to assure radiation safety during the management of spent nuclear fuel.