ON NEW RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE INTERNATIONAL COMMISSION ON RADIOLOGICAL PROTECTION (ICRP) PART 1: RADIATION SAFETY BASIS.

Abstract

ICRP Publication 103 was issued in November, 2007.  The new approaches of ICRP to maintenance radiation protection are formulated in this publication. These recommendations are the further development of the previous document - the ICRP 60 Publication. The new data, allowing to specify or reconsider quantitative protection criteria have appeared after 1990. ICRP suggests to use a number of new ideas and concepts as base principles of radiation protection maintenance. Taking into account that the standard of radiating safety of Russia (RSSR) [3] which is used in Russian Federation since 1999 have been developed in a view of the 60 publication and other international publications, and also in a view of national experience of radiation safety maintenance. It is very important to study and comprehend innovations of ICRP, and also to estimate an opportunity and an acceptability of their realization by development of new edition of RSSR. In the first and second parts of present article the review of the new ICRP Recommendations and some judgments concerning an opportunity of the refraction of Publication ICRP positions in the future RSSR is given.