International Commission on Radiological Protection

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The International Commission on Radiological Protection ( International Commission on Radiological Protection , ICRP ) is an international commission that has the aim of recommendations and guidelines scientific knowledge in radiation protection implemented for the benefit of public health. It is based in Ottawa , Canada.

The ICRP was founded in Stockholm in 1928 at the second congress of the International Society for Radiology as the International Committee for Protection against X-rays and Radium (IXRCP). It was given its current name in 1950.

The current summary report No. 103 (Recommendations of the International Commission on Radiological Protection) dates from 2007.

construction

The International Commission on Radiation Protection consists of a main commission and five standing committees, which are dedicated to the following topics.

• Radiation effects
• Dosimetry of radiation exposure
• Radiation protection in medicine
• Implementation of the recommendations of the International Commission on Radiological Protection
• protection of the environment

A scientific secretariat based in Sweden oversees the commission and its committees. In addition to these, there are temporary working groups that deal with special tasks and issues.

See also

• Declaration of Lesbos (Critics)

Web links

• ICRP - International Commission on Radiological Protection
• The recommendations of the International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP) from 2007 , ICRP publication 103 (PDF; 2.3 MB) - also contains information on the history of the commission

Individual evidence

1. ^ RH Clarke, J Valentin: The History of ICRP and the Evolution of its Policies. In: Annals of the ICRP . tape 39 , no. 1 , 2009, p. 75-110 , doi : 10.1016 / j.icrp.2009.07.009 .