GENERAL RISK MANAGEMENT MECHANISMS IN THE RADIATION SAFETY AND MONITORING OF ENVIRONMENT

Abstract

The article presents an algorithm of risk management mechanisms in the radiation safety of humans and the environment, including monitoring and forecasting of the radiation situation. It is shown that the presented adapted model of activities to ensure radioecological safety is well consistent with modern methods of risk assessment, and the proposed extended risk assessment matrix and approaches to range calibration well describe the probabilistic nature of risks. For the Republic of Belarus, the main 15 existing and potential radioecological risks have been identified, their categorization by main properties has been proposed, the main sources of uncertainty in radioecological risk situations have been presented.  It has been shown that long-term trends in the relevance of radiation safety problems are confirmed by high assessments of the degree of radioecological risks.