International Commission on Radiological Protection
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The International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP) is an advisory body providing recommendations and guidance on radiation protection; It was founded in 1928 by the International Society of Radiology (ISR) and was then called the ‘International X-ray and Radium Protection Committee’. Then it was restructured to better take account of uses of radiation outside the medical area, and given its present name, in 1950. ICRP is a not-for-profit organisation in the United Kingdom
and currently has its scientific secretariat in Ottawa, Canada.
The ICRP defined the reference man in 1974.
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
and currently has its scientific secretariat in Ottawa, Canada.
The ICRP defined the reference man in 1974.
See also
- Journal of Radiological ProtectionJournal of Radiological ProtectionJournal of Radiological Protection is the official journal of the Society for Radiological Protection. It publishes articles in English on all aspects of radiological protection, including non-ionizing as well as ionizing radiations...
- National Council on Radiation Protection and MeasurementsNational Council on Radiation Protection and MeasurementsThe National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements is a U.S. organization. It has a congressional charter under Title 36 of the United States Code, but this does not imply it has any sort of oversight or supervision from Congress; it is not a government entity.This text appears on the...
of the United States