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A New Approach in the Field of Radiological Protection (2003)

AuthorNEA
Date2003
Classification 6.01.4.00/91 (RADIATION - GENERAL)
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New Approach to Authorisation in the Field of Radiological Protection

Approaches to radiological protection have been evolving, particularly over the 
past several years. This has been driven by the emergence of modern concepts of 
and approaches to risk governance, and by calls from within the radiological 
protection community for the simplification and clarification of the existing system 
of protection, as based on the Recommendations of the International Commission 
on Radiological Protection (ICRP).

The NEA Committee on Radiation Protection and Public Health (CRPPH) has been 
very active in developing its own suggestions as to how the system of radiological 
protection should evolve to better meet the needs of policy makers, regulators and 
practitioners. One of those suggestions is that a generic concept of a regulatory 
authorisation" of certain levels and types of exposure to radiation should replace the 
current and somewhat complicated concepts of exclusion, exemption and clearance. 
It has also been suggested that by characterising emerging sources and exposures in 
a screening process leading into the authorisation process, regulatory authorities 
could develop a better feeling for the type and scale of stakeholder involvement that 
would be necessary to reach a widely accepted approach to radiological protection.

In order to verify that these suggestions would make the system of radiological 
protection more understandable, easy to apply, and acceptable, independent 
consultants have "road tested" the CRPPH concepts of authorisation and 
characterisation. Their findings, which show that applying these concepts would 
represent significant improvement, are reproduced herein. Specific approaches 
for the application of the new CRPPH ideas are also illustrated in this report.

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