ICRP International Commission recommendations

ICRP - International Commission on Radiological Protection (1991) 1990 Recommendations of the International Commission on Ra,diological Protection, Publ. 60, Pergamon Press, Oxford. 

U.S. radiation protection guidelines are estabHshed by the National CouncH on Radiation Protection and Measurement (NCRP) and are based on the recommendations of the International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP). The National Research CouncH also sponsors a report from its advisory committee on the biological effects of ionizing radiations (20). 

In 1959 the International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP) recommended a "maximum permissible concentration of plutonium in water (MPCW) for unlimited public use" of 5x10 5 Ci/m3 ( xlO6 Bq/m3) (64). In 1979 ICRP introduced the concept of ALI ("annual limits of intake"). For 239Pu the value was set at 2xl06 Bq (or 0.9 mg) per year (35). Because man consumes about 0.5 m3 water/year, this ALI value corresponds to 4x106 Bq/m3 potable water. 

ICRP60 = International Commission on Radiological Protection, 1990 Recommendations of the ICRP ... 

International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP). 1977. Recommendations of the international commission on radiological protection. ICRP Publ. 26. Ann. ICRP 1 (3) 1 -53. 

WHO standard values for respiratory volumes (average figures) are those recommended by the International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP 1974 - cited in WHO/IPCS 1994, 1999). These values are shown in Table 7.1. 

ICRP 1994. International Commission of Radiological Protection, ICRP Publications 61, Recommendations of the Commission. ICRP, Vol. 21, No. 4... 

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In 1955, the International Commission on Radiological Protection set a maximum permissible occupational concentration of 3.7 x 103 Bq m-3 (10-10 Ci l-1), for continuous exposure, equivalent to 1.1 x 104 Bq m-3 (3 x 10-10 pCi P1) for a 40-h working week. Subsequently, when it was realised that the critical dose to the lung was from inhalation of decay products, not radon itself, the permissible concentration was defined in terms of the concentration of decay products. The current recommended limit (ICRP, 1986) for a working period of 2000 h per year is 1.5 x 103 Bq m 3 equilibrium equivalent radon concentration (a term defined in Section 1.8 below). 

International Commission on Radiological Protection (1981) Statement and recommendations of the International Commission on Radiological Protection from its 1980 meeting. ICRP Publication 26, reprinted with additions. Oxford. Pergamon. 

In 1958, the International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP) recommended that the genetic dose to the general population, excluding natural background radiation, not exceed 5 rems plus the lowest practicable contribution from medical exposure in a 30-yr period, or 170 mrems/yr. 

Radiation protection recommendations for radiation workers and members of the public are provided by the International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP) (ICRP 1977,1991) and the National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements (NCRP) (NCRP 1987, 1993). These... 

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