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P1M1Practices, procedures, communication and safe working practices in scientific workplace
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Task 1
Practices, procedures, communication and safe working
practices in scientific workplace
Procedures and practices Why they are carried out? What could happen if the Describe any rules and regulations
commonly carried out in procedure is not followed? applicable to the procedures.
laboratories
Handling of materials e.g. Protective clothing is important to make Even in small doses, radiation can The government remains firmly
radioactive materials- When you are sure that the radioactive chemicals do cause cancer in humans and other committed to geological disposal as
handling radioactive materials you not go in contact with our skin. living things. Fast moving gamma the right policy for the long-term,
need to make sure that you keep your . Also radioactive materials emit alpha, rays, electrons and alpha particles safe and secure management of
exposure time as short as possible, beta and gamma radiation. Alpha and can crash into other molecules and higher activity radioactive waste.
wear protective clothing such as lab beta particles can easily be stopped but change their structure. If this We favour a site selection process
coat, goggles and latex gloves and gamma is highly penetrative and it is happens to a DNA molecule it can for a geological disposal facility
lastly keeping materials in lead-lined most efficient stopped by elements with damage the genetic information and (GDF) based on working in
containers that are also labelled with high atomic weight. Because Pb is can even turn the cell cancerous. partnership with interested local
the radiation warning symbol. among the heaviest stable element, it is Also if radiation gets in contact with communities. In preparing the
used for shielding gamma radiation and your skin, it can cause burns which White Paper – Implementing
that’s why the materials should be kept are very similar to sun burns. Geological Disposal – we carefully
in lead-lined containers. considered responses to a
consultation on the site selection
process, which closed in December
2013.
Store management- Materials are This procedure is carried out so that the The improper storage of flammable You should always store
stored according to their properties. materials aren’t near other materials that chemicals can result into serious flammables in an approved
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