Радиационная гигиена (Jul 2018)

THE CURRENT STATE OF PREPAREDNESS OF THE ROSPOTREBNADZOR INSTITUTIONS FOR PROVISION OF THE RADIATION SAFETY FOR THE 2018 WORLD FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP

  • K. A. Saprykin

DOI
https://doi.org/10.21514/1998-426X-2018-11-2-98-104
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 2
pp. 98 – 104

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This study is focused on the main activities on provision of the radiation safety as a part of sanitary surveillance and radiation terrorism counteraction during the 2018 World Football Championship. The main activities at the preparatory stage are collection and analysis of information on the potentially dangerous sources of ionizing radiation in the regions of the Russian Federation hosting the 2018 World Football Championship; control of compliance to the sanitary rules of the projects of the allocation of X-ray screening units and their commissioning; radiation control as a part of the commissioning of the sport facilities after construction/reconstruction; sanitary control of the allocation of X-ray screening units on the sport and infrastructure facilities; organization-methodical activities. During the World Football Championship it is planned to carry out the radiation control in monitoring points and the control of the concentration of radionuclides in water and food stuff samples. In the framework of the radiation terrorism countermeasures, the main activities of the provision of the radiation safety are the radiation control on the infrastructure facilities, remote points of inspection and entry points to the sport facilities; full-time emergency preparedness. A brief evaluation of the equipment of the Rospotrebnadzor radiation control laboratories in the regions of the Russian Federation hosting the 2018 World Football Championship and their preparedness for the provision of the radiation safety is also presented in the paper.

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