1988 - Volume 30, Issue 3 | by Flakus, F.N. (International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna (Austria). Div. of Nuclear Safety)
The IAEA's April 1988 conference on radiation protection in nuclear industry was held in Sydney, Australia. This article summarizes major points of selected sessions, starting with a special session on the dose-response relationship and its implications for nuclear industry
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1988 - Volume 30, Issue 3 | by Emmerson, B.W. (International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna (Austria). Div. of Nuclear Safety)
The article summarizes the progress achieved in the past 2 years concerning criteria for controlling the consumption, or movement in international trade, of potentially contaminated foodstuffs. The progress was presented at the April 1988 IAEA International Conference on
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1988 - Volume 30, Issue 3 | by Moiseev, A.A. (International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna (Austria). Div. of Nuclear Safety); Nenot, J.C. (CEA Centre d'Etudes Nucleaires de Fontenay-aux-Roses, 92 (France). Inst. de Protection et de Surete Nucleaire)
The article reviews the ICRP publications and recommendations for monitoring intakes of radioactive materials. The latest ICRP publication in this field, Publication 54, forms a technical document for radiation protection personnel concerned with applying the recommendations
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1988 - Volume 30, Issue 3 | by Asculai, E.; Collins, H.E. (International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna (Austria). Div. of Nuclear Safety)
Since 1959, the Agency has had an action plan by which it would, upon request, arrange to provide assistance to any Member State following an accident involving radioactive materials. To respond more effectively to accidents and emergencies at the international level, the IAEA
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1988 - Volume 30, Issue 3 | by Linsley, G.S. (International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna (Austria). Div. of Nuclear Fuel Cycle); Gonzalez, A.J. (International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna (Austria). Div. of Nuclear Safety)
It has long been recognized that radiation sources, including equipment and installations, which emit ionizing radiations, are potentially harmful to health and that their use should therefore be regulated. The recommended regulatory approach is based on a system of
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1988 - Volume 30, Issue 3 | by O'Sullivan, R.A. (International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna (Austria). Div. of Nuclear Safety)
The IAEA regulations for safe transport of radioactive material have served successfully for more than 25 years as the basis for the regulatory control of radioactive material transport worldwide. The article reviews the historical development of the IAEA's transport regulations
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1988 - Volume 30, Issue 3 | by Gonzalez, A.J. (International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna (Austria). Div. of Nuclear Safety); Webb, G.A.M. (National Radiological Protection Board (UK))
The discipline called radiation protection usually deals with control systems such as radiation shielding, instruments, and the thickness of the shields. The reliability of the control systems is usually studied by safety experts. This article describes the evolution of common
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1988 - Volume 30, Issue 3 | by Smith, H. (International Commission on Radiological Protection, Sutton (UK))
The article reviews the history of ICRP, and the developments of the Commissions's basic recommendations for radiation protection and radiation dose limits. In deciding to revise its basic recommendations, the Commission has to strike a balance between the desire to incorporate
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