The Dose-reduction activity of the lens of the eye at Tokai Reprocessing Plant

Nishino, Saki; Nemoto, Ryo*; Hayashi, Hiroyuki*; Kobayashi, Daisuke; Isomae, Hidemi; Sakuma, Shuhei; Takimoto, Misaki  ; Okuyama, Shun; Unno, Motoyoshi; Kitao, Takahiko 

At the JAEA Tokai Reprocessing facility, especially workers engaged in Plutonium Conversion Development Facility (PCDF) are required strict radiation control due to working environment handling various nuclear material including plutonium (Pu) at short range. Because the equivalent dose limit of the lens of the eye stipulated by Japanese regulations has been revised downwards, we reassessed personal dose equivalent focusing on the lens of the worker's eye. The reassessment results indicate that wearing the appropriate radiation protection glasses is necessary for some workers who handle Pu including waste material in PCDF. Radiation management using protective glasses has started under revised radiation control plan.