
SSG-55
Radiation Safety of X Ray Generators and Other Radiation Sources Used for Inspection Purposes and for Non-medical Human Imaging
Footnotes
1The use of Category 1 and Category 2 for the two categories of non-medical human imaging is different from the categorization of sealed radioactive sources in Schedule II of GSR Part 3 [1] (‘Categories 1–5’).
22 States have different legal structures and therefore the term ‘government’, as used in the IAEA safety standards, is to be understood in a broad sense, and is accordingly interchangeable here with the term ‘State’.
3The definition of supplier (of a source) in GSR Part 3 [1] includes designers, manufacturers, producers, constructors, assemblers, installers, distributors, sellers, importers and exporters of a source.
4States have different legal structures and therefore the term ‘government’, as used in the IAEA safety standards, is to be understood in a broad sense, and is accordingly interchangeable here with the term ‘State’.
5See, for example: United Kingdom, Drugs Act 2005, 2005 Chapter 17, Part 2, and The Swedish Code of Judicial Procedure, DS1998:000.
6The definition of supplier (of a source) in GSR Part 3 [1] includes designers, manufacturers, producers, constructors, assemblers, installers, distributors, sellers, importers and exporters of a source.
7Inspection imaging devices that use millimetre wave technology have become available in recent years.
Tags applicable to this publication
- Publication type:Specific Safety Guide
- Publication number: SSG-55
- Publication year: 2020