Outlook for Radiation Protection

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Outlook for Radiation Protection
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Collective Radiation Exposure (PWR) Cycle Median
Values, Person-rem per unit
Source World Association of Nuclear
Operators Updated 4/07
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Collective Radiation Exposure (BWR)Cycle Median
Values, Person-rem per unit
Source World Association of Nuclear
Operators Updated 4/07
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Average Measurable Dose Per Worker 1973-2004
(rem)
5.0
Annual dose limit under current regulations,
Average Radiation Exposure Is 33 Times Lower
Than Regulated Limits
Source Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Occupational Radiation Exposure at Commercial
Nuclear Power Reactors and Other Facilities 2004
Updated 4/06
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U.S. Industrial Safety Accident Rate One-Year
Industry Values
ISAR Number of accidents resulting in lost
work, restricted work, or fatalities per 200,000
worker hours. Source World Association of
Nuclear Operators Updated 4/07
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U.S. Industrial Safety Accident Rate2006
ISAR Number of accidents resulting in lost
work, restricted work, or fatalities per 200,000
worker hours. Electric utilities and
manufacturing do not include fatality data.
Sources Nuclear (World Association of Nuclear
Operators), Electric Utilities and Manufacturing
(2005, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Updated 4/07
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Challenges

• Evolving scientific understanding of radiation
  risk
• Emerging radiation protection standards
• Workforce and infrastructure
• Public perception of radiation

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RP2020 Mission

• Reshape radiological protection at nuclear
  power plants to achieve significant improvements
  in safety performance and cost-effectiveness.

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Partners in Supporting theNuclear Industry
NEI
EPRI
INPO
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Strategies

• Improve execution of RP fundamentals (INPO)
• Standardize RP practices (INPO)
• Reform radiation protection regulation (NEI)
• Assure future workforce needs are met (NEI)
• Improve public knowledge about RP at NPPs (NEI)
• Improve RP technologies utilization (EPRI)
• Control and minimize radiation dose fields (EPRI)

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Policy and Strategy Questions

• What is our view on low-dose radiation health
  effects?
• Should we update our regulations and programs to
  current international standards?
• Where are we going in regard to
• Collective and individual dose
• Radioactive materials and radioactive waste
• Effluents and environmental protection

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Opportunities

• Inform and influence the shape of emerging policy
  and regulation
• Position the industry to minimize impacts and
  drive improvements to safety performance and
  cost-effectiveness
• Enhance public (and others) confidence that
  industry safely monitors and controls radiation
  and radioactive materials

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Nuclear Generation Radiation Protection Worker
5-Year Attrition
1. Potential Retirees are defined as employees
that will be older than 53 with 25 years of
service, or older than 63 with 20 years of
service, or older than 67 within the next five
years.
Source 2005 NEI Pipeline Survey