International X-Ray and Radium Protection Committee

The early deaths and other effects of radiation on man led to the initiation of the second International Congress of Radiology to establish the International X-Ray and Radium Protection Committee in 1928. The Committee forced an international cooperation to introduce protective criteria in the use of X-rays and radium therapy. After the beginning of the nuclear age in the 1940s, the increasing interest and extended fields in radiation were restructured and the Committee was renamed the International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP), in 1950. Because of the different conditions that apply in various countries, the Commission sets out recommendations but does not intend to provide a regulatory text. 

International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP) http //www.icrp.org/ (accessed August 31, 2010). ICRP is a not-for-profit organization based in the United Kingdom. It was founded in 1928 as the International X-ray and Radium Protection Committee. They act as an advisory committee by providing reconunendations and guidance on radiation... 

The National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements (NCRP) works to promote the importance of radiation protection and measurements. The council, established to represent all of the national radiological organizations in the United States on a collective basis, focuses on the science of radiation protection. The International X-Ray and Radium Protection Committee, created in July 1928, evolved into the International Commission on Radiological Protection. The NCRP originally operated as an informal association of scientists seeking to make available information and recommendations on radiation protection and measurements. The NCRP was reorganized and chartered by the US. Congress in 1964 as the National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements. 

International X-Ray and Radium Protection Committee—Organized by the Second International Congress of Radiology in 1928 to provide information and guidance on radiation protection. In 1950 it was expanded and reorganized under a new name, the International Commission on Radiological Protection. 

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