Control and Monitoring of Airborne Contamination - doe-hdbk-1113-98_reaffirm_2005

DOE-HDBK-1113-98

Module 104 Internal Dose Control

Lesson Plan

Instructor's Notes

Failure to control airborne contamination

could result in inhalation of the

contamination and spread of contamination

to other areas.

Control of airborne contamination should

include:

an evaluation of activities that are

likely to cause contamination to

become airborne,

engineered controls such as installed or

portable ventilation with High

Efficiency Particulate Air filtration

systems (HEPA systems) to remove

contamination from the air at a point as

close to the source as possible,

physical barriers (e.g., pipes,

gloveboxes, etc) and pressure

differential zones,

use of alternate work activities or

equipment that is less likely to generate

airborne contamination,

air sampling to track airborne

contamination levels, and

Discuss the airborne

using respiratory protection to

contamination limits and

minimize internal dose of the worker.

monitoring methods in use

Monitoring for airborne contamination can at your facility.

take several forms: