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Recent Updates
 
2009-06-30 New term for ICRP: Membership as of July 1, 2009
2009-02-23 New draft report for consultation: Accidental exposures in modern radiotherapy
2008-10-14 New draft reports in preparation
2008-07-22 New draft report for consultation: Rehabilitation
2008-07-22 Availability of ICRP CD-ROMs
2008-05-21 New draft report for consultation: Emergencies
2007-12-18 New ICRP Report: 2007 Recommendations now available


Our Mission
 
The International Commission on Radiological Protection, ICRP, is an independent Registered Charity, established to advance for the public benefit the science of radiological protection, in particular by providing recommendations and guidance on all aspects of protection against ionising radiation.


About ICRP - The Brief Version
 
ICRP, the International Commission on Radiological Protection:
 
  •  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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