The Manager of the Department of Radiation and Chemicals Protection, Aishah Ahmad Al Baker, receiving Turkish experts at the headquarters of Ministry of Municipality and Environment.
DOHA: Experts from the Turkish Atomic Energy Authority and the Department of Radiation and Chemicals Protection at the Ministry of Municipality and Environment are holding meetings in Doha to cooperate in radiometry and exchange of expertise in this field in the framework of the Ministry’s interest in developing and modernising its tools and control components in terms of human and technical development, in collaboration and coordination with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
The visit of the Turkish experts to Doha and the holding of such meetings is one of the activities of Qatar national technical cooperation project with the IAEA for the establishment of the QAT6006 secondary dosimetry laboratory aimed at modernising and developing the radiation laboratory components of the Department of Radiation and Chemicals Protection and building human and technical capabilities, QNA reported.
The visit comes as part of the modernisation of the service of the secondary dosimetry laboratory, which is related to the assessment of the radiation exposure of workers in radiation professions in the State, in addition to assisting in the establishment of the national monitoring register and the calibration of the system, and reviewing the work procedures and documenting them according to international standards.
The Manager of the Department of Radiation and Chemicals Protection Aishah Ahmad Al Baker said that the dosimeter measures the amount of radiation to which are exposed the workers in the industrial, medical and research sectors in order to evaluate the exposure to radioactive doses during their work, pointing out that according to Qatari legislation, each worker in these sectors must carry his dosimeter at work.
The dosimeter shall be delivered every three months to the radiologist to be read and to count the doses for this period in order to be certain that it does not exceed the limits allowed nationally and internationally to protect his health.
Al Baker pointed out that there are about 5000 radiation workers in all sectors of industrial, medical and research at the state level, and stressed that the biggest burden of radiation control of these workers falls on the unit of individual control in the laboratory radiation, asserting that the Department seeks to develop individual monitoring unit and provide the latest technology in this area, in accordance with international standards.
Al Baker added that to that end, the Department was strengthening the radiological laboratory with new equipment that would meet the requirements for radiological work and also provide all necessary requirements, including the development and documentation of working procedures, in order to obtain accreditation.
Aishah Ahmad Al Baker hoped that the visit of the Turkish experts to Doha and their meetings with officials of the Department of Radiation and Chemicals Protection at the Ministry of Municipality and Environment would achieve the desired benefit and establish permanent cooperation with the Turkish side in the field of radiation measurements and exchange of experiences.
