Radiation Exposure Monitoring System REMS

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Radiation Exposure Monitoring System (REMS)

• Nimi Rao
• REMS Program Manager
• Office of Analysis (HS-32)
• Office of Corporate Safety Analysis (HS-30)

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REMS

• REMS is the central repository of occupational
  radiation exposures for all DOE and DOE
  contractor workers
• Collect, analyze and disseminate
• Occupational radiation exposures information

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Requirements

• DOE
• 10 CFR Part 835
• Requirements for collecting data
• DOE Order 231.1A
• Requirements for reporting data to REMS
• DOE Manual 231.1-1A Issued 3/04
• Specifies format and content

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Guidance - PII Data

• Guidance CS-38A, "Protection of Sensitive
  Unclassified Information, Including Personally
  Identifiable Information, 11/06
• REMS PII data submittals on removable media and
  must be encrypted.
• If no encryption possible, must be sent by
  registered carrier with signature requirement

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Relationship to NRC

• In 1996-1997, an Inter-agency Agreement was
  established between DOE and NRC to re-design REMS
• Currently there is a Protective Agreement in
  place to allow information sharing between DOE
  and NRC.
• Both databases share the same server and managed
  by ORAU
• Project Manager at ORAU Derek Hagemeyer

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WEB Page

• http//www.hss.energy.gov/csa/analysis/rems/
• Aannual Reports, 1974-Present
• Guidance
• reporting information
• requesting information
• Reporting requirements, other Orders and Manuals,
  FAQs
• Related sites
• Web-based query tool

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Occupational Exposure Data for 2006

• Annual Occupational Radiation Exposure Report
  2006 published (8/07)
• Annual Occupational Radiation Exposure Report
  2006 and ALARA activities are posted (9/07)
• 2006 DOE Data has been posted to the REMS web
  query tool (5/07)
• REMS at http//www.hss.energy.gov/csa/analysis/rem
  s/

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Monitoring of the DOE Workforce
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Collective Dose (TEDE, CEDE, Photon, Neutron)
813
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Average Meas. TEDE
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Number gt 5 rem TEDE
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Number gt 2 rem TEDE
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Bioassay Measurements, 2006
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Collective CEDE by Radionuclide, 2006
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Collective and Average Dose
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Number with Meas. Dose