Radiation protection publications
Regulations
- Ionising Radiation Regulations 2017. Approved Code of Practice
- Radiation (Emergency Preparedness and Public Information) Regulations 2019. Approved Code of Practice
Ionising Radiation Protection Series information sheets
- No. 1 - Industrial radiography - managing radiation risks
- No. 6 - Radiation protection supervisors
- No. 8 - Control of radioactive substances
- Appropriate designation of classified persons
- Dose constraints for comforters and carers - 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
- INDG334 Working safely with ionising radiation: guidelines for expectant or breastfeeding mothers
- Radon in the workplace
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.