Bibliography of Radiation Protection Legislation and Standards
Dosimetry for work with ionising radiations
Principal Legislation
Dosimetry Services
External Dosimetry – Standards and Guidance
Internal Dosimetry – Standards and Guidance
Other sources of information
Principal Legislation
The Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974
The
Ionising Radiations Regulations 1999 SI 1999/3232
Dosimetry Services
HSE
Statement on the approval of dosimetry services pdf July 2003 (Charges
and Appendix III Revised 2004)
HSE
List of approved dosimetry services pdf April 2005
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External Dosimetry – Standards and Guidance
“Requirements
for the approval of dosimetry services under the Ionising Radiations Regulations
1999 PART 1: External Radiations” pdf (1999) RADS 1 HSE
“NAMAS Requirements for Laboratories Providing Dosimetry Services. Use
of Film Dosemeters for Beta, Gamma, X- and Thermal Neutron Radiations”NIS
61 April 1992 (UK Accreditation Service)
“NAMAS Requirements for Laboratories Providing Dosimetry Services. Use
of Thermoluminescent Dosemeters for Beta, Gamma, X- and Thermal Neutron
Radiations” NIS 65 April 1992 (UK Accreditation Service)
“Determination of Dose Equivalents Resulting from External Radiation
Sources” Report 39 ICRU (1985)
“Measurement of Dose Equivalents Resulting from External Photon and
Electron Radiations” Report 47 ICRU (1992)
“Quantities and Units in Radiation Protection Dosimetry” Report 51 ICRU
(1993)
“Conversion Coefficients for use in Radiological Protection against
External Radiation” Report 57 ICRU (1997)
“Conversion Coefficients for use in Radiological Protection against
External Radiation” Report 74 Ann. ICRP 26 No. 3/ 4 (1996)
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Internal Dosimetry – Standards and Guidance
Guidance on the application of dose coefficients for the embryo and
fetus from intakes of radionuclides by the mother. NRPB Document Vol 16,
No. 2 (2005) Guidance
on the Application of Dose Coefficients for the Embryo and Fetus from Intakes
of Radionuclides by the Mother
RADS 2 and RADS 3 are available direct from the HSE Dosimetry Services
Administrator, see statement
on REPPIR pdf
“NAMAS Requirements for Laboratories Providing Dosimetry Services.
The assessment of whole body dose by the determination of tritium in urine”
NIS 59 November 1991 (UK Accreditation Service)
"Individual monitoring for internal exposure of workers” Report 78 Ann.
ICRP 27 Nos 3/ 4 (1998)
“Dose coefficients for intakes of radionuclides by workers” Report 68
Ann. ICRP 24 No. 4 (1994)
Generalised Derived Limits for Isotopes of Hydrogen, Carbon, Phophorus,
Sulphur, Chromium, Manganese, Cobalt, Zinc, Sleelenium, Technicium, Antimony,
Thorium and Neptunium. Document of NRPB, Vol 16, No.3 (2005) Generalised
Derived Limits for Radioisotopes of Hydrogen, Carbon, Phosphorus, Sulphur,
Chromium, Manganese, Cobalt, Zinc, Selenium, Technetium, Antimony, Thorium
and Neptunium
“Guide to Dose Coefficients” NRPB (1999)
A methodology for assessing doses of short termed planned discharges
to atmosphere, NRPB Report W54, ( March 2004) National
Radiological Protection Board W Series Reports
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Other sources of further information
ICRP Publication 89: Basic anatomical and physiological data for use
in radiological protection; Reference Values, 2003
ICRP
Publication 89: Basic Anatomical and Physiological Data for Use in Radiological
Protection: Reference Values, 89
“ADS News” (occasional newsletters available from ADS News Editor HSE)
Radiation
Protection News
“Radiation doses - assessment
and recording” pdf Ionising Radiation Protection Series No 2 (rev)
NIS/ NSD/ 01 HSE 2000 [in press]
“Type testing of the NRPB- AERE film badge dosemeter in terms of the
new ICRU secondary dose quantities. Part 1: Photons with an energy range
10keV- 250keV”, NRPB- R236 (1990)
“Type testing of the NRPB- AERE film badge dosemeter in terms of the
new ICRU secondary dose quantities. Part 2: Photons with an energy range
4MeV- 7MeV”, NRPB-R257 (1992)
“Calibration of Personal Dosemeters”, NRPB- M520 (1994)
Dose Constraints for Comforters and Carers. HSE report R155 (2003) RR155
- Dose constraints for comforters and carers
Updated August 2005
The list above is not an exhaustive list but is meant as an overview
of information and links available.
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