Radiation protection publications

• Work with ionising radiation HSC Approved Code of Practice (ACOP) and guidance in support of IRR99. ISBN 0 7176 1746 7 reference L121 HSE Books.
• A guide to the Radiation (Emergency Preparedness and Public Information) Regulations 2001 ISBN 0 7176 2240 1 reference L126 HSE Books

• INDG334 Working safely with ionising radiation : guidelines for expectant or breastfeeding mothers. [100kb]
• Radon in the workplace
• Medical exposure

Ionising Radiation Protection Series information sheets

• No. 1 - Industrial radiography - managing radiation risks [30kb]
• No. 2 - Radiation doses - assessment and recording [200kb]
• No. 3 - Portable nuclear moisture/density gauges in the construction industry [20kb]
• No. 4 - Outside workers [25kb]
• No. 5 - Prior authorisation [30kb]
• No. 6 - Radiation protection supervisors [30kb]
• No. 7 - Selection, use and maintenance of portable monitoring Instruments [400kb]
• No. 8 - Control of radioactive substances [120kb]

• Appropriate designation of classified persons
• Wear your dosemeter [30kb]
• Dose constraints for comforters and carers - research report
• Adequacy of external dosimetry methods and suitability of personal dosemeters for workplace radiation fields – research report
• Information to accompany patients undergoing nuclear medicine procedures – research report
• Doses to the embryo/foetus and neonate from intakes of radionuclides by the mother – research report

Other publications

Health Protection Agency (HPA) , Radiation Protection Division’s Living with radiation provides detailed information on all aspects of ionising and non-ionising radiation.

HPA has produced the publication Ionising radiation exposure of the UK population: 2005 review.

Health risks from radon outlines the main facts about radon and explains what policies and practical measures which can be used to control exposures.

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