Speaker
Magali Gruwe
Description
The aim of Quality Assurance is to provide all stakeholders with the possibility to acquire the confidence that a given process or product meets a set of expected characteristics.
Quality Assurance applied to accelerator Safety requires the identification of the expected safety characteristics, as well as the identification of Safety stakeholders with their respective roles.
Quality Assurance in accelerator Safety is then explained through two examples:
Some key equipment (EIS) are assigned a Safety function to stop the beam to ensure personnel Safety in case of intrusion or during a regular access. We show how a structured Safety file can contribute to providing Quality Assurance regarding these key equipment (EIS).
In preparation of and during maintenance operations on radioactive equipment or in a radioactive environment, the application of the ALARA procedure is documented in a “Dossier d’Intervention en Milieu Radioactif”. The process and the document itself are presented to show how the confidence that the process respects the basic radiation protection rules at all stages can be shared between intervening parties, management and Safety responsible.
