The Ways of Implementation of the Optimization Principle in the Personnel Radiological Protection

An overview of the joint works undertaken by the specialists of Ural Federal University, the Institute of Mathematics and Mechanics of the Russian Academy of Sciences, and the Institute of Reactor Materials (IRM) in certain areas of implementing the optimization principle in radiological protection of nuclear industry personnel is provided. The effectiveness and the capacity of using routing optimization when carrying out works in unsteady radiation fields (when relocating and dismantling equipment of radioactive systems) are evaluated. The results of works on designing the composition of homogeneous radiation-protective materials (RPM) and their capacity to implement the optimization principle in the planning of radiation-hazardous works, including by the example of AO IRM and in ion-selective treatment of liquid radioactive waste, are analyzed. The application of the optimization principle for individual personnel radiation risk management at AO IRM is discussed.