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| ICRP, the International Commission on Radiological Protection: |
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| | Is an advisory body providing recommendations and guidance on radiation protection; |
| | Was founded in 1928 by the International Society of Radiology (ISR, the professional society of radiologist physicians); |
| | Was then called the ‘International X-ray and Radium Protection Committee’; |
| | Was restructured to better take account of uses of radiation outside the medical area, and given its present name, in 1950; |
| | Is an Independent Registered Charity (a ‘not-for-profit organisation’) in the United Kingdom; and Currently has its small Scientific Secretariat in Canada. |
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