20 Years after Chernobyl – A Radiation Protection Perspective Statement by the German Commission on Radiological Protection

Radiation-Induced Cataracts Recommendation by the German Commission on Radiological Protection with Scientific Reasoning

Statement from the 1984 Stockholm meeting of the International Commission on Radiological Protection.

The International Commission on Radio­ logical Protection (ICRP) held its annual meeting in Stockholm in May, 1978, together with its four expert committees. Sixty-five individuals from seventeen countries were present to review the Commission's current work and to decide on a programme of work for the next 4-year period. Representatives or observers were also present from the Commission of the...

Assessment of Nuclear Moisture Density Gauges at a Secondary Standard Dosimetry Laboratory in Ghana during December 2015–December 2017

Introduction: Nuclear moisture density gauges are widely used in construction industry in different countries across the world, including Ghana, on a large scale. Like all irradiating devices, the nuclear gauges should be subjected to radiation safety assessment based on radiation protection and safety principles. Regarding this, the objective of this research was to i...

The evolution of the system of radiological protection: the justification for new ICRP recommendations.

ICRP has been encouraging discussion during the past few years on the best way of expressing radiological protection philosophy in its next recommendations, which it plans to publish in 2005. The present recommendations were initiated by Publication 60 in 1990 and have been complemented by additional publications over the last 12 years. It is now clear that there is a need for the Commission to...

Cancer consequences of the Chernobyl accident: 20 years on.

26 April 2006 marks the 20th anniversary of the Chernobyl accident. On this occasion, the World Health Organization (WHO), within the UN Chernobyl Forum initiative, convened an Expert Group to evaluate the health impacts of Chernobyl. This paper summarises the findings relating to cancer. A dramatic increase in the incidence of thyroid cancer has been observed among those exposed to radioactive...