Rad Acronyms
ALARA
As Low As Reasonably Achievable.
Street Clothing Only
ZONE 1.
Hours of notice required for a scan.
24 hours.
A badge must be worn here.
Torso (chest).
A buzzing sound coming from the PAD indicates this.
The PAD is running.
DRD
Direct Reading Dosimeter
NO Street Clothing
NO Eating or Drinking
ZONE 4.
Equipment must be ______ prior to scanning.
Washed.
During NON work hours your badge is stored here.
Badge rack.
During NON work hours a PAD must be stored at this location.
Charging rack.
LLRD
Long Lived Radioactive Dust.
Coveralls Allowed
Street Clothes Allowed
Eating Allowed
ZONE 2.
The free release limit.
0.3 Bq/cm2
True or False: All lost badges must be investigated.
True.
PADs are required for these people.
Underground workers.
PAD
Personal Alpha Dosimeter.
Coveralls Allowed
Street Clothing Allowed
NO EATING
ZONE 3.
Radioactive samples being shipped off site are classified as this.
TDG (Transportation of Dangerous Goods)
Lost badges must be reported to...
Radiation Department.
PADs are worn here.
Breathing zone.
OSLD
Optically Stimulated Luminescent Dosimeter.
Health Centre
ZONE 1.
An object sent off site with contamination still on it is classified as this.
SCO
(surface contaminated object)
A badge measures this type of radiation.
Gamma.
A PAD measures this.
Radon Progeny and LLRD.