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.

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