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THE INTERNATIONAL COMMISSION ON RADIOLOGICAL PROTECTION
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The ICRP originated in the Second International Congress of
Radiology in 1928,
It has been looked to as the appropriate body
to give general guidance on widespread use of radiation sources
caused by rapid developments in the field of nuclear energy.
ICRP
recommendations deal with the basic principles of radiation protection.
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To the various national protection councils is left the responsibility
for introducing the detailed technical regulations, recommendations,
vier vinesor‘codes ofpractice best suited: ‘to:“‘their-countries.” ‘ Recommendations” “307-857
are intended to guide the experts responsible for radiation protection
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No practical alternative was found to
assuming a linear relationship between dose and effect.
This implies
that there is no wholly ."safe" dose of radiation.
Exposure afeem- natural background radiation carries a probability
of causing some somatic or hereditary injury.
However, the Commission
believes that the risk resulting from exposures received from natural
background should not affect the justification of an additional risk
from man-made exposures.
Accordingly, any dose limitations recommended
by the Commission refer only to exposure resulting from technical
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