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towards safety, such as the need for an audi- protection. Using concepts from the Consti-
tor monitoring and discussions on potential tutional, Environmental and Labor Laws, the
exposures according to international require- focus of this research was to investigate the
ments established by the IAEA and ICRP. difficult issue of nuclear competence and
environmental responsibility, the impos-
The evolution of doses in the IEA-R1 sibility of legislating states, as well as, the
reactor environment and tendencies lack of regulation on radioactive waste in
based on the current results our country.

The purpose of this project was to analyze Virtual environment for information and
the individual doses of occupationally ex- communication: online system about the
posed individual resulting from changes in CNEN´s radiological protection plan
the reactor operation regime. Optimizations
studies were carried out at the reactor facility This research is premised on responding to
as well as radioprotection procedures were the emergence of the need for dissemina-
adopted aiming at the safety and the goal of tion of information to radioactive facilities in
reaching acceptable dose of workers. the field of radiological protection. The work
involves the development of an integrated
Policy evolution of the dose limitation system for the computerization of the CNEN´s
system and the issue of replacements Radiological Protection Plan, contemplating
in the “superseded” publications the several items required in the RPP (Radio-

logical Protection Plan) and REP (Radiological
The study aimed to present a careful anal- Emergency Plan), regarding potential expo-
ysis about the policy evolution of the dose sures, seeking CNEN national standards and
limitation system based on two entities, the the international recommendations of the
International Commission on Radiological ICRP and the IAEA. This subject is current-
Protection publications and International ly the main field of radiological protection
Atomic Energy Agency recommendations. research. Information and Communication
Through this research, from the 50´s to pres- Technologies (ICT´s) will enable a quantitative
ent day, it was possible to clear and detail and qualitative increase of available informa-
valuable information that was lost during the tion, contributing to the sustainability of the
process of updating publications and editing decision-making process and strengthening
recommendations of both entities. of radiological protection throughout the
National Territory.
The flexibility of competence
and regulatory process regarding
safety and radiation protection

The use and increasingly application of con-
sistent nuclear technology in areas related
to health, energy, industrial, war, agriculture,
among others, means that there is a need
for regulation in accordance with the safe-
ty standards and international radiological