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Radiation Protection Dosimetry Advance Access published online on September 5, 2005
Radiation Protection Dosimetry, doi:10.1093/rpd/nci343
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© The Author 2005. Published by Oxford University Press. All rights reserved. For Permissions, please email: journals.permissions@oxfordjournals.org
Received April 25, 2005
Revised July 6, 2005
Accepted August 14, 2005

SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL PAPER

OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE IN GREEK INDUSTRIAL RADIOGRAPHY LABORATORIES (1996-2003)

S. Economides 1*, P. Tritakis 1, E. Papadomarkaki 1, E. Carinou 1, C. Hourdakis 1, V. Kamenopoulou 1, and P. Dimitriou 2

1 Greek Atomic Energy Commission, P.O. Box 60092, Ag. Paraskevi 15310, Greece
2 Greek Atomic Energy Commission, P.O. Box 60092, Ag. Paraskevi 15310, Greece; Department of Radiology, Medical School, University of Athens, Athens, Greece

* To whom correspondence should be addressed.
S. Economides, E-mail: sikonom{at}eeae.gr


  Abstract

More than 40 industrial radiography laboratories are operating in Greece using X-ray or gamma-ray sources and more than 250 workers occupationally exposed to ionising radiation in these facilities are monitored on a regular basis. This study presents the evolution of individual doses received by radiographers during the past years. The mean annual dose (MAD) of all workers as well as of exposed workers is estimated, and correlated to the types of laboratories and practices applied. The MAD of the exposed workers in industrial radiography is compared with the doses of workers in other specialties and with the doses of radiographers in other countries. Furthermore, the study attempts to propose dose constraints for the practices in industrial radiography, according to the BSS European directive and the relevant Greek radiation protection legislation. The proposed value was defined as the dose below which the annual doses of 75% of the exposed radiographers are expected to be included.


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