ICRP2021+1 | Vancouver, Canada | 6-10 November 2022

Protecting Animals within a revised Radiological Protection Framework

R.J. Pentreath 1

1 Honorary Research Fellow, Plymouth Marine Laboratory, Prospect Place, The Hoe, Plymouth, PL1 3DH, UK

Citation

Pentreath, R.J., 2023. Protecting Animals within a revised Radiological Protection Framework. Ann. ICRP 52(1-2) Annex, 33-37.

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Abstract

The ICRP’s current strapline is that of ‘Protecting people, animals and the environment around the world from the harmful effects of radiation’. But if that is the case, what revisions to its overall framework are necessary in order fully to achieve it? This paper briefly attempts to identify and address some of these questions.