1. Role of the qualified expert

2. IAEA’s Basic Safety Standards (Sister document to IAEA’s Transport Regulations)

3. IAEA’s Basic Safety Standards
Radiation Protection and Safety of Radiation Sources: International Basic Safety Standards for protecting people and the environment No. GSR Part General Safety Requirements (BSS)
the objective of the BSS is to establish basic requirements for protection against ionising radiation
the BSS takes account of:
the United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation
recommendations of the International Commission on Radiological Protection

4. IAEA’s Basic Safety Standards
Sister document to IAEA Transport Regulations
– almost all use starts with transport
– in relation to all transport BSS points out to Transport Regulations

5. BSS: qualified expert
“An individual who, by virtue of certification by appropriate boards or societies, professional licences or academic qualifications and experience, is duly recognised as having expertise in a relevant field of specialisation …”

6. BSS: radiation protection officer
“A person technically competent in radiation protection matters relevant for a given type of practice who is designated by the registrant, licensee or employer to oversee the application of relevant requirements”

7. Roles in practice Radiation safety in the medical uses of radiation:
collegiate approach
Referrer eg, GP
Practitioner eg, radiologist
Physical direction/radiation safety officer ie, medical radiation technologist
Qualified expert ie, medical physics expert
Radiation safety in non-medical uses of radiation:
Radiation safety officer
Qualified expert ie, radiation protection advisor, dangerous goods advisor

8. The role of the Medical Physicist
Roles and Responsibilities, and Education and Training Requirements for Clinically Qualified Medical Physicists. IAEA Human Health Series No. 25
installation and design
radiation safety (including regulatory compliance eg, transport regulations)
radiation dosimetry
quality management of physical and technical aspects

9. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
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IAEA Headquarters in Vienna, Austria
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