Radiation Protection and Environmental Safety Training in Qatar

Qatar's Decree-Law 31/2002 requires every radiation licence holder to appoint a radiation protection officer. Who must, and the penalty if they do not.

Article 8 of Decision 45 of 2013 lists what a NORM container label must state, and sends a sample from every container to gamma spectrometry before it is routed.

Article 7 of Decision 45 of 2013 asks for bags at the exit, wetting dry material, sealing equipment openings, and a closing sequence after NORM collection work.

Article 7 of Decision 45 of 2013 asks three things of a NORM collection site in Qatar: a barrier with warning signs, trained workers only, and a plastic floor cover.

Article 8 of Decision 45 of 2013 sets the condition and material of a NORM waste container. A beta and gamma reading above 4 Bq/cm² on its surface means washing.

Annex 1 of Decision 45 of 2013 gives three rows for soil, sludge and hard scale. The soil row carries two different units in one sentence.

Article 6 of Decision 45 of 2013 sets one detection threshold: twice the radiation background in the State. That background value is not in the decision.

Article 5 of Decision 45 of 2013 exempts waste below the Annex 1 levels. The equipment row gives two surface figures and one dose figure.

The produced water row of Annex 1 allows direct discharge on two conditions together: a concentration at the discharge point, and a four week total.