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- Title
21ST CENTURY CHALLENGES IN RADIATION PROTECTION AND SHIELDING: DRAFT 2005 RECOMMENDATIONS OF ICRP.
- Authors
Clarke, Roger
- Abstract
The International Commission on Radiological Protection regularly examines the status of its recommendations and reviews the increasing knowledge of the effects of exposure to ionising radiation in order to decide whether new recommendations are needed. The Commission strives to make its system more coherent and comprehensible, while recognising the need for stability in international and national regulations, many of which have, only fairly recently, implemented the 1990 Recommendations. However, new scientific data have been produced since 1990 and there have been societal developments in that more openness or transparency is expected in developing new recommendations and, in addition, there has been a move from the utilitarian approach of 'the greatest good for the greatest number', to one with more concern for the 'individual', all of which have inevitably led to some changes in the formulation of the recommendations. This paper outlines the proposals for the 2005 Recommendations.
- Subjects
IONIZING radiation; RADIOACTIVITY; INTERNATIONAL law; GUIDELINES; ENVIRONMENTAL protection; CATHODE rays
- Publication
Radiation Protection Dosimetry, 2005, Vol 115, Issue 1-4, p10
- ISSN
0144-8420
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/rpd/nci138