Skip to main content
U.S. Department of Energy
Office of Scientific and Technical Information

ICRP recommendations applicable to the mining and minerals processing industries and to natural sources

Journal Article · · Health Physics
 [1]
  1. National Radiological Protection Board, Chilton (United Kingdom)
The current views of the International Commission on Radiological Protection on exposure to natural radiation are presented in the new recommendations (ICRP Publication 60) where the concepts of practice and intervention are both used to establish mechanisms of control. The history of the present recommendations is reviewed, and the latest guidance on the control of {sup 222}Rn at home and at work (ICRP Publication 65) is outlined. The new model of the respiratory tract, which has been adopted by ICRP, is discussed in the context of its predictions of the doses from radon and from particulate natural radionuclides.
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
OSTI ID:
258838
Journal Information:
Health Physics, Journal Name: Health Physics Journal Issue: 4 Vol. 69; ISSN HLTPAO; ISSN 0017-9078
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English