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Radiation protection
The overall objective of radiation protection is to protect human health against the dangers arising from ionising radiation, resulting from practices using radiation or radioactive substances e.g. medical and industrial applications as well as the nuclear fuel cycle. In addition to natural radiation sources, artificial radioactivity is present in the environment, in particular as a result of effluents from nuclear installations, fallout from nuclear weapons testing and from nuclear accidents.
On 30 May 2012, the European Commission adopted the
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Proposal for a Council Directive laying down basic safety standards for protection against the dangers arising from exposure to ionising radiation [COM(2012)242]
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Citizens Summary [18 KB]
On 28 March 2012, the European Commission adopted the
On 27 June 2011, the European Commission adopted the
Forthcoming events
- 4-6 June 2013, Poznan, Poland
ACCIRAD Workshop [2 MB]
More information... - 13 - 15 March 2013, Vienna, Austria
ETRAP 2013 - 5th International Conference on Education and Training in Radiological Protection
More information... - 3-7 December 2012, Bonn, Germany
International Conference on Radiation Protection in Medicine - Setting the Scene for the Next Decade [2 MB]
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Related documents
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Legislation
Control of high-activity sealed radioactive sources and orphan sources
Standard record sheet for High-Activity Sealed Sources (HASS)
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Public consultations
Health effects of depleted uranium (deadline 12/04/2010)
- Projects reports
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Events
20–21 September 2012, Vienna, Austria
Imaging Referral Guidelines in Europe: Now and the Future [236 KB]
More information...7-9 June 2012, Vienna, Austria
European Workshop on Optimisation of Radiation Protection in Medicine (EMAN Project) [114 KB]
More information...12-16 September 2011, Budapest, Hungary
European Training Course on Nuclear Emergency Management [424 KB]
More information...4-6 September 2011, Dublin, Ireland
European Workshop to Introduce Radiation Protection 162 [565 KB]
More information...9-10 May 2011, Seville, Spain
International Workshop - European Commission Project: Guidelines on Medical Physics Expert (MPE)20-22 January 2011, Barcelona, Spain
ORAMED 2011 - Workshop on Optimization of Radiation Protection of Medical Staff9-12 November 2010, Vienna, Austria
International Symposium on Standards, Applications and Quality Assurance in Medical Radiation Dosimetry4-5 May 2010, Luxembourg
Meeting on the Security of Supply of Medical Radioisotopes in EU Member States,March 2010
Medical imaging specialists call for global referral guidelines4 February 2010, Brussels
MEDIWASTE – Management of liquid radioactive effluents arising from medical establishments in EU Member States and Candidate Countries, Technical seminar2-4 December 2009, Paris, Versailles
International Conference on Modern Radiotherapy: Advances and Challenges in Radiation Protection of the Patients8-9 October 2009, Dublin
International Symposium on Non-Medical Imaging Exposures2-4 September 2009, Brussels
International Workshop on Justification of Medical Exposure in Diagnostic Imaging
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