Answers for Diablo Canyon are below: During in-processing, do you utilize a software system that automatically prints out labels for dosimetry worn? No, but we are going to this with our next software upgrade in September 2011.
Approximately how many people do you badge that never go into the radiological area? We have really worked on this in the past few years and our numbers have reduced. It's still in the 25% range of the folks who receive no measurable dose. How many TLD's does your site issue per year? Depends on how many outages per year. 2010 - a one outage year - about 3000. Of those, approximately 1500 receive no measurable dose 2009 - a two outage year - about 4100. Of those, approximately 1700 received no measurable dose How often does your site do a TLD change out? (quarterly, semi-annual, annually, etc.) 3 times per year, at various times based on outage schedules. What kind of dosimetry badges does your site use? (TLD, OSL, etc.) Panasonic Do you process your own dosimetry? Yes Happy Friday and Memorial Day weekend all!!! Linda Linda M. Sewell, CHP Principal Health Physicist Pacific Gas & Electric Company Diablo Canyon Power Plant MS 119/1/117 PO Box 56 Avila Beach, CA 93424 P: 805.545.4315 | F: 805.545.2618| [email protected] ________________________________ From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Kelton, Gwenna Sent: Thursday, May 26, 2011 11:36 AM To: '[email protected]' Subject: Powernet: Dosimetry Benchmarking Please respond to questions below: 1. During in-processing, do you utilize a software system that automatically prints out labels for dosimetry worn? 2. Approximately how many people do you badge that never go into the radiological area? 3. How many TLD's does your site issue per year? 4. How often does your site do a TLD change out? (quarterly, semi-annual, annually, etc.) 5. What kind of dosimetry badges does your site use? (TLD, OSL, etc.) 6. Do you process your own dosimetry?
