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- Title
RADIATION PROTECTION STANDARDS: THEIR EVOLUTION FROM SCIENCE TO PHILOSOPHY.
- Authors
Dixon, R. L.; Gray, Joel E.; Archer, B. R.; Simpkin, D. J.
- Abstract
The concept of applying constraints on individual sources to a small fraction of the public dose limit has been deemed inappropriate when shielding the medical X-ray sources. This represents a broad-based consensus of medical physics and radiological societies in the United States, and the report series on the shielding design for medical X-ray sources (including dental, X-ray imaging and therapeutic X ray) from the National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements (NCRP) utilises 1 mSv y-1 as a source control limit. In the present study, the rationale for such a conclusion is discussed, and a somewhat critical look at the current model of radiation protection of the public is made.
- Subjects
UNITED States; RADIATION protection; BIOPHYSICS; MEDICAL physics; RADIOLOGY; THERAPEUTIC use of x-rays
- Publication
Radiation Protection Dosimetry, 2005, Vol 115, Issue 1-4, p16
- ISSN
0144-8420
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/rpd/nci133