ICRP Publication 60
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The International Commission on Radiological Protection
published its initially general recommendation for radiological protection
in 1928. Further recommendations adapted to the latest information followed
in 1959 and 1966. Since 1977, when the ICRP published its fundamental
recommendations as ICRP Publication 26, the ICRP has checked these recommendations
annually and published supplementary comments from time to time in the
annals of the ICRP. The development in recent years required publication
of a completely new version of the recommendations in the form of ICRP
Publication 60 of 1991. The ICRP therefore pursues the following targets:
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to take account of new biological findings and development for
the specification of safety standards,
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to improve the representation of the recommendations,
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to maintain consistency in the recommendations, as far as compatible
with new findings.
The ICRP intends the ICRP Publication 60 to be an
aid for legislators, authorities and consultants on a national and
international
level by explaining the essential principles on which adequate radiation
protection can be based. Due to the different situations in the various
countries, the commission did not intend to submit a draft law. The
authorities are to develop their own structures for legislation, ordinances,
permits and binding regulations. In addition the ICRP hopes that the
report will assist operators with responsibility in radiological protection,
and also for individual persons, e.g. radiologists who are required
to decide about the application of ionizing radiation themselves.
The
essential contents of this ICRP recommendation had been adopted in
the Euratom (see 'Euratom') basic standards
recommendation on radiological protection passed in May 1996 and in
the German Radiological Protection
Ordinance.
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