Radiation exposure monitoring in the European Union
An employee who is going to carry out radiation work (class A) in another European Union member state will require a radiation passbook to aid radiation exposure monitoring.
A radiation passbook consists of an individual radiological monitoring document and a medical certificate. The individual radiological monitoring document contains information about the holder’s previous exposure to radiation and is issued by STUK. A medical certificate which details the employee’s suitability for radiation work is issued by a doctor who is responsible for medical surveillance of people who do class A radiation work.
The employer abroad or a dosimetric service will record the level of exposure, duration of work, and possible medical surveillance results in the individual radiological monitoring document. Upon returning to Finland, the employee must return the document to STUK, which enters the data in the dose register.
A person going to work in a Swedish nuclear power plant does not require an individual radiological monitoring document, as long as they have received, from their Finnish employer, certification of previous radiation exposure. It is also unnecessary to report radiation exposure data to STUK, as the nuclear power plants of both countries enter the data of foreign employees directly into the dose register of the employee’s home country.
