Recommendations on limits for exposure to ionizing radiation. [Contains glossary]

Technical Report · Mon Jun 01 04:00:00 EDT 1987

OSTI ID:5715627

This report lists the existing standards or the status of regulations for 19 major topic areas related to exposure to ionizing radiation. Most entries are brief but thorough; some reference recent data. The National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements (NCRP) published its last complete set of basic recommendations specifying limits for ionizing radiation in 1971. Although this report is not intended to be a complete revision, the recommendations contained herein replace all of the recommendations given in the 1971 Report. In addition, this report contains other basic recommendations. The NCRP believes that a logical direction in the evolution of the basis of radiation protection standards from the present system based on dose equivalent used by the NCRP and the ICRP is toward the development of an approach based specifically on risk. The Council believes that additional review and evaluation are required prior to the introduction of a radiation protection system in which the limitation of exposures is based solely on risk. For the present the Council adopts the effective dose equivalent system used by the ICRP, but has modified and updated this approach in several respects, as discussed in this report.

• Research Organization: National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements, Bethesda, MD (USA)
• OSTI ID: 5715627
• Report Number(s): NCRP-91; ON: TI88900028
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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