Environment protection
Any human activity harms the environment by one way or the other and in different degrees. We humans have been, and are still, and will continue developing out technologies, for we need them to improve the quality of lives of all human beings.
Technical and technological revolutions have taken place from nineteenth to twentieth centuries with giving almost no regard to protection of the environment. This was the price to be paid then. At certain stage of development of human affairs, in late fifties of the twentieth century, it was recognised that if we proceed in the same way, we will in long-term perspective bring more harm than useful results. And it was recognised that we have to be responsible to future generations to come.
Since then comprehensive policies and practises have been taken place to protect the environment. This means that while we shall continue to develop technologies and industries, measures shall be prescribed and paid for minimising the potential harms on the environment. In any case the element of justification of harm on the environment must be justified by necessity and be shown that the proposed technology is not only the best available but also the less harming the environment one.
Regarding ionising radiation, rigorous regulatory mechanisms are already in place to restrict both the release of radionuclides to the environment and accumulation of radionuclides in the environment. Environmental radiation protection is achieved through the restriction of discharges of radioactive substances into the environment that ensures that members of the public receive radiation doses considerably below internationally established individual dose limits for humans. In setting discharge limits, it is currently assumed that, if human beings are adequately protected, other species will be protected at the population level. However there has been an increasing awareness of the vulnerability of the environment and of the need to be able to demonstrate that it is protected against the effects of industrial pollutants. This has been reflected in new and developing national and international policies and legal instruments and agreements. These have set additional goals for protection that have led to a review of the current approach for assessing and controlling the impact of radionuclides in the environment. Policies and approaches that specifically address impacts on non-human species are now being developed by a number of international, national and regional organisations.
Risk Engineering, Ltd., as a company working closely in energy sector of the industry, is fully aware of its responsibility in development and implementation of various industrial projects. We pay particular attention to ecological culture of our personnel and we do not spare expenses to educate our employees on the importance of the protection of the environment. In the course of our development as an economical entity, we have many examples to show of implementation of proper and responsible policies and practices. We have taken pains, and we are still doing so, to study national and international legislation and experience and to provide to our customers technical options which are less harming to the environment, while still discharging the intended functions.