Japan Atomic Energy Agency

Nuclear Human Resource

Development Center
 Introduction
 In this practice, we assume the
first action of emergency case
such as an accident of
radioactivity scattering and leak.
 And we select protective gear and
put on them.

 In the real case, protective gear is selected according to accident situation, in terms
of the life safety the highest priority.

Protective gear Risk 1

 Items to use in practice

Pocket Dosimeter
Chemical Protective Suit
(Tyvek suit) Boots Covers Working Socks Shoe Covers

Cotton Gloves Rubber Gloves Cotton Cap Half-face Mask Full-face Mask
・Inner & Outer
Purpose of Training
 Learn about "procedure and the point of
Select it depend attention" in "putting on and taking off of
on the work. protective gear" as "a worker and an
assistant".
Put on :・Decent procedure
・Put on the gear securely (Reasonable
selection, Check, Politeness)
Take off:
・Inhibit contaminant dispersion and
Worker Assistant cross-contamination
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 Breathing Protection Mask (Filtration type)

Half-face mask Full-face mask

○ Low price, compact size, light weight, simple and easy handling.
○ There are few limits for working areas and working hours.
● When breathing in, the inside of the mask becomes the negative pressure.
It makes a possibility that outside air leak into the mask. Therefore, it
requires enough training.
● Never use this type mask in "Oxygen level is less than 18%." and " There
is a possibility of toxic gas. ".
◇ You ought to use this type of mask in the case of minor air contamination.
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 Half-face Mask Choose the right size mask to your face !

Exhaust valve is the most important part !

voice plate

exhaust valve
suction
valve

particle + gas filter particle filter

glass or synthetic boundary
fiber filter

voice
plate
activated
charcoal
glass or synthetic exhaust
fiber filter valve 4
 Full-face Mask

exhaust
valve

suction
valve boundary
Don't sandwich
voice hair and beard.
plate
leaking breath
makes fog
suction air

The Half-face mask is fixed to the head and neck. voice

Tension of rubber band is varied by head moving. plate
Full-face mask is fixed only to the head. Tension of exhaust valve
the rubber band is not varied.
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In this unit :
 You do putting on and taking off the contamination protective gear.
 Your action is divided into two roles (a worker and an assistant).
 Practice in pairs.

At first
Put on the personal dosimeter

Women Man
On the abdomen On the chest

if there is a possibility
that it will fall, fix it with
adhesive tape.
Worker Assistant
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 Selection of Protective Gear
1. Breathing mask Heavy
 Choosing a mask that fits your face is thick
important. However, there is a person beard
matching no mask.
 Don't sandwich your hair and beards.
Too large, too small

Put long hair together so as not

tangled in "rubber band".

(1) Size
(a) Mask is touched evenly on your face.
(b) The full-face mask, must be in proper contact to the forehead
and chin without sandwiching the hair.

(2) Pre fit check

Close the suction hole of filters with your hands and breathe in
deeply. If you breathe with difficulty, the mask is fit approximately
to your face.
(Don't push strongly, because the mask is deformed.)
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 (3) Mask check

 No crack, no deforming, no deterioration.

 Rubber band is not deteriorated.
 Filters are fitted on the mask-body correctly.

Full-face mask
 Loosen the rubber band completely.
 Turn the rubber band to the front side. It
makes putting on the mask easy.

2. Rubber gloves
The size of rubber gloves:
the length around your
palm in inches.
7 = 17.8 cm
7.5 = 18.4 cm Blow up a rubber glove
8 = 20.3 cm and check a pinhole.
8.5 = 21.6 cm
Measure it on cotton glove. Then take off the glove.
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3. Protective suit

 In view of the behavior of the work, select the

loose-fitting size.
 The extreme baggy part, you can fix it with
adhesive tape after this.

Before starting
 Put on socks, and wear shoes.
 Bend your knee, and put the hems of pants in the socks.

Fix socks and hems with

adhesive tape as needed.
At this time, turn the edge of
the tape.

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 Practice 1: Put on the Protective Gear
1. Prepare the adhesive tape to place around the wrist
and the mask.
(a) for wrist : The length of tape is approximately " cuff
length plus more than 10cm". Turn back the tape edge
about 2-3 cm.
 2 set (for a worker and an assistant)
(b) for mask : The length of a single piece approximately
"10-12 cm". 7-9 pieces. Turn back the edge of one piece
of them. for mask
 1 set (for a worker only) for wrist
 Paste the pieces on the edge of table loosely.

[Worker]
2. Put on a Protective suit on the work
clothes.
 Check whether the suit fits your body.
Bend and stretch at your knees.

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 or

[Worker]
3. Put on Boots Covers on your shoes.
 Tie straps of Boots Covers. Or fix by adhesive tape.
 Close the bottom of the suit at your ankle with the adhesive tape.
 When boots are too loose, fix it with tape.
 Bend your knees deeply. Are you OK?

[Worker]
4. Put on Cotton Cap.
 Tie the strings of cap.
 If the cap is loose, fasten it by adhesive
tape.
 Your hair must not protrude from a cap.

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5. Put on Full-face mask.
[Worker]
1) Sit on the chair.
2) Apply the mask to the face.

[Assistant]
3) Places the rubber band on worker's head.
4) Adjust the band loosely.

[Worker]
5) Adjust the band by yourself for fitting
the mask to the face.

6) Do fit check by yourself.

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 [Assistant]
7) Put the suit hood on the edge of the mask.
8) Fasten the fastener completely.

[Assistant]
9) Tape up tightly between the mask and the hood.

Start Finish
(turn the edge) (covered by the first piece.)

overlapping about 10 mm
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6. Put on Gloves

Put on inner rubber Cover the cuff of working cloth

Put on Cotton Gloves
gloves with the sleeve of rubber gloves.

Cover rubber gloves with the sleeve Put on outer rubber Fix sleeves and
of suit. And fix sleeves and rubber gloves on the sleeve rubber gloves with
gloves with adhesive tape. of suit. adhesive tape.

Put your fingers (as much as you can) into the tip of the gloves.
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 [Assistant]
7. Write worker's name on the front and
the back of the suit.

 All the workers are same appearance.

Therefore marking to distinguish each
one is necessary.

Put the name label on the chest and the back in

this training.
(Because oil-based ink penetrates a Tyvek
(protective) suit and it makes underclothes dirty.)

Protection is finished !

If you get an opportunity, try

fit-test with the tester.

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Assistant, Put on the Half-face Mask and Gloves
Recommended method
When you put on a mask for the first time. by the mask maker.

1. Apply the mask to your nose bridge.

Apply the lower part of the mask to your chin.
Place the upper rubber band on your head.
2. Put on the lower rubber band around your neck.
Hook the band end.
3. Adjust the both bands. Not too tight
The point tend to
and not too loose.
air leak.

4) Do fit check by yourself.

After you adjust the band, there is no

problem even if you have been hanging
the mask from your neck.

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 4. Put on cotton gloves and rubber gloves.

5. Tape up the boundary between gloves and the cuffs of

working wear by yourself.

6. Put on shoe covers.

 Do not take off the mask in the area with a possibility of air contamination.
 Do not touch the mask with contaminated hands (gloves).

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 Practice 2: Put off the Protective Gear
[Assistant]
1. Wipe the protective gear surface with wet rags. Wipe the
mask first. At last, wipe rubber gloves by clean side.
Purpose of wiping with wet rags.
 Inhibition of dispersion of the contaminant by getting it wet.
 Slight degree decontamination.
• It is difficult to decontaminate the every corner of the mask.
• The total decontamination of the protective suit is difficult. It has
no meaning because the suit is disposable.

Wipe it off as follows.

Keep gloves clean
One way Always wipe with After using up
clean side all clean side

Your hands touches various

things. Besides, it is
unconsciousness.

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 [Assistant]
2. Take off all the tape of worker,
and throw it away.

CAUTION
Don’t touch the glue side of
tape with the rubber gloves.

[Assistant]
3. Take off the hood (the inside of hood is turned to outside). In the same
way, take off the suit inside out.
If the adhesive tape does not come off, cut the suit with a cutter.

4. Untie the string of boots.

or or Or cut the strings.
Or cut the boots.
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 5. Move to the isolation zone.

If you estimate your gloves

are contaminated, pinch
and pull the shoe covers
from outside.
[Worker ] [Assistant]

6. Remove the Full-face mask

[Assistant] Wipe your gloves with wet rags. (Or confirm the gloves are clean. )
[Worker] Hold the mask by oneself.
[Assistant] Turn up the metal cramp of the mask. And loosen all rubber bands.
Cover the mask with a plastic bag.
Enclose the mask in the bag.

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 [Assistant ]
7. Take off all the tape by yourself. And throw it away.

[Common] See next page.

8. Take off the rubber gloves.
Until this stage, imagine the outside of protector is contaminated.

[Assistant ]
９．Remove the mask.
10. Contamination test.

11. Check contamination of the mask.

 Decontaminate the mask as needed.

 Clean the mask which you used.

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 The way of taking off the rubber gloves

1. Pull the cuff of 2. Push in your finger from the outside to

a glove. the inside. Pull it toward the finger-tip.

3. Take off it inside out. Keep holding 4. Insert your finger in the cuff of
the glove which you took off. other glove from the inside.

5. Catch the glove with your 6. Take off the glove

finger-tip, and pull it inside out. including other glove. 22