Following the invitation from IRPA to comment on the article written by Professor Roger Clarke entitled 'Control of low-level radiation exposure: time for a change?', the Board of the French Society for Radiation Protection (SFRP) decided to set up a working group on 'controllable dose'. The latter, which worked from April 1999 to July 2000, consisted of some 20 members representing the stakeho...

The International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP) recently reinforced the international system of radiological protection, initially focused on humans, by identifying principles of environmental protection and proposing a framework for assessing impacts of ionising radiation on non-human species, based on a reference flora and fauna approach. For this purpose, ICRP developed dosime...

4.18.1 Historical Background 2747 4.18.2 Electrochemical Principles 2748 4.18.2.1 Aqueous Corrosion 2748 4.18.2.2 Cathodic Protection 2748 4.18.2.3 Oxygen Reduction 2749 4.18.2.4 Hydrogen Evolution 2750 4.18.3 Methods of Applying Cathodic Protection 2751 4.18.3.1 Impressed Current Method 2751 4.18.3.2 Sacrificial Anodes 2752 4.18.4 Proof of Protection 2753 4.18.4.1 Steel 2753 4.18.4.2 Other Met...

BACKGROUND In recent years, much attention has been paid to occupational stress, but relatively little or no research has been conducted on the influence of knowledge, attitude, and practice of radiation protection (RP-KAP) on job stress among radiation workers. OBJECTIVES This study aims to assess job stress among health care workers in Iran who are occupationally exposed to radiation in ord...

background: lead-based radiation shields are widely used in radiology departments to protect both workers and patients from any unnecessary exposure to ionizing radiation. recently there has been a great deal of concern expressed about the toxicity of lead. human lead toxicity is well documented. in that light, production of environmentally-friendly lead-free radiation shields with less weight ...

The aim of this research was to assess the knowledge and practices radiological versus non-radiological health professionals on optimisation radiation protection in paediatric adult radiology BUKAVU hospitals. To achieve this, we surveyed a convenience sample 73 including 23 radiologists working hospitals level implementation principles. Also, physical parameters were taken for calculation entr...