Guide tube A tube, typically of flexible construction, designed to provide an enclosed path along which a radioactive source may be moved from its source container to its exposure position and back again. Incident Any unintended event, including operating errors, equipment failures, initiating events, accident precursors, near misses or other mishaps, or unauthorised act, malicious or the consequences or potential consequences of which are not negligible from the point of view of protection and safety. Industrial radiography equipment Ancillary equipment used in industrial radiography such as control cables, guide tubes, collimators, wind out cables, source control mechanisms, and imaging devices. Ionizing radiation For the purposes of radiation protection, radiation capable of producing ion pairs in biological material(s). Open site A radiography site at which, due to operational requirements, the shielding afforded by a fully enclosed site or a partially enclosed site cannot be provided and for which a clearly marked boundary is set up and strict control of access and occupancy is observed. Operator A person who is involve in conducting industrial radiography by operating industrial radiography equipment, exposure containers or radiation generators and who, having successfully completed a suitable course of training, has the approval of the appropriate regulatory authority to do so. Partially enclosed site A radiography site at which all objects exposed to direct radiation are completely contained inside a permanent, shielding enclosure having walls at least 2.1 m high but typically open at the top to permit the transfer in and out of the objects to be radiographed, and within which no person is permitted to remain during exposure. Pipeline crawler A device designed to travel automatically or by remote control through pipes; and which contains either a sealed radioactive source or radiation generator, which is typically used to radiograph pipeline welds through the pipe wall.
Guide tube A tube, typically of flexible construction, designed to provide an enclosed path along which a radioactive source may be moved from its source container to its exposure position and back again. Incident Any unintended event, including operating errors, equipment failures, initiating events, accident precursors, near misses or other mishaps, or unauthorised act, malicious or the consequences or potential consequences of which are not negligible from the point of view of protection and safety. Industrial radiography equipment Ancillary equipment used in industrial radiography such as control cables, guide tubes, collimators, wind out cables, source control mechanisms, and imaging devices. Ionizing radiation For the purposes of radiation protection, radiation capable of producing ion pairs in biological material(s). Open site A radiography site at which, due to operational requirements, the shielding afforded by a fully enclosed site or a partially enclosed site cannot be provided and for which a clearly marked boundary is set up and strict control of access and occupancy is observed. Operator A person who is involve in conducting industrial radiography by operating industrial radiography equipment, exposure containers or radiation generators and who, having successfully completed a suitable course of training, has the approval of the appropriate regulatory authority to do so. Partially enclosed site A radiography site at which all objects exposed to direct radiation are completely contained inside a permanent, shielding enclosure having walls at least 2.1 m high but typically open at the top to permit the transfer in and out of the objects to be radiographed, and within which no person is permitted to remain during exposure. Pipeline crawler A device designed to travel automatically or by remote control through pipes; and which contains either a sealed radioactive source or radiation generator, which is typically used to radiograph pipeline welds through the pipe wall.
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