Application of the 2007 Recommendations of the ICRP to the UK RCE 12
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Prepared by J R Cooper, S D Bouffler, S Ebdon-Jackson, J D Harrison, N P McColl, M Morrey, C R Muirhead, R A Paynter, J R Simmonds and J E Stewart
Publication date: July 2009
ISBN: 978-0-85951-647-1
Synopsis
The Health Protection Agency (HPA) advises UK bodies with responsibility for protection against radiation on the applicability to the UK of recommendations issued by the International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP). After a consultation process lasting several years, the ICRP issued new recommendations for a system of radiological protection in 2007. These recommendations replace the previous recommendations issued in 1991.
Following a period of public consultation, the Health Protection Agency has developed its advice on the application of the new recommendations of the International Commission on Radiological Protection to the UK. The HPA welcomes the ICRP recommendations, which represent an update, consolidation and development on the previous recommendations. Overall they do not imply any major changes to the system of protection applied in the UK.
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Additional information
The HPA has conducted a consultation exercise on the 2007 recommendations from the ICRP. The original consultation document is available here - http://www.hpa.org.uk/web/HPAweb&HPAwebStandard/HPAweb_C/1205741916373.
HPA-RPD-057 - Response to Comments Received during the Consultation on Proposed HPA Advice on the Application of ICRP’s 2007 Recommendations to the UK. This document summarises the main comments received during the consultation period and HPA’s response to them.
Last reviewed: 17 September 2009
