Ionactive Radiation Protection Blog
Our radiation protection blog is predominately written by Mark Ramsay, Radiation Protection Adviser (RPA) for Ionactive Consulting. It contains a mixture of content including day to day descriptions of RPA work, advice and comment on current radiation protection issues, comment on regulator (HSE etc) inspections (suitably sanitised), historic content (i.e. the Co-60 drop and run story, Alexander Litvinenko Po-210, Fukushima nuclear accident, industrial radiography accidents), radiation safety legislation updates and practical radiation protection in the workplace.
For formal radiation safety advice. please see our Radiation Protection Adviser (RPA) service pages.
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Analogue vs Digital Scaled Radiation Monitors
Published: Apr 12, 2020
Read more“A positive measurement, which for all intents and purposes, is zero or simply negligible in many cases". A blog article by Mark Ramsay, Radiation Protection Adviser (RPA) at Ionactive, looking at analogue and digital scaled radiation monitors.
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Ionactive - 1Q, 2020
Published: Apr 01, 2020
Read moreSome thoughts from Ionactive on the first 3 months of 2020 and dealing with the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Ionactive 2019
Published: Dec 31, 2019
Read moreHappy New Year from Ionactive, and all the best to clients and friends for 2020! Here is a little look back over the last 12 months, quite a year.
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Margaret J Minski – my boss, my colleague and family friend (1937-2019)
Published: Sept 08, 2019
Read moreOn the 27th August I was driving to Manchester when I received news that Margaret J Minski had sadly passed away. Margaret is why I do what I do today – a Radiation Protection Adviser (RPA) for Ionactive Consulting. This article is a personal tribute to Margaret, a wonderful person who will be missed by many.
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Overexposure to Radiographer (April 2019)
Published: May 06, 2019
Read moreA radiographer working in the permanent shooting room at one of the licensee’s facilities received 82mSv whole body dose due to the radioactive source still being exposed during setting up the next shot.
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Accident in industrial radiography - Ionactive Blog archive
Published: Mar 16, 2019
Read moreA radiographer was taking several radiographic shots on pipework at night - receives >50 Gy to the fingers and 7 Gy whole body dose. From the Ionactive blog archive.
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