ICRP Publication 91 A Framework for Assessing the Impact of Ionising Radioation on Non-Human Species

Name: ICRP Publication 91 A Framework for Assessing the Impact of Ionising Radioation on Non-Human Species
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ISBN: 9780080443102

ISBN-10: 0080443109

ISBN-13: 9780080443102

Edition: 2003

Authors: ICRP

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In its 1990 Recommendations, the ICRP indicated that it believed that the standards of environmental control needed to protect man to the degree currently thought desirable would ensure that other species are not put at risk. The ICRP considers that its system of radiological protection has provided a fairly good indirect protection of the human habitat. However, no internationally agreed criteria or policies explicitly address protection of the environment from ionising radiation, and it is difficult to determine or demonstrate whether or not the environment is adequately protected from potential impacts of radiation under different circumstances. The present report suggests a framework,…

Book details

List price: $143.95
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: SAGE Publications, Limited
Publication date: 10/21/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 70
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.25" long x 0.25" tall
Weight: 0.242
Language: English



Executive summary



Introduction



Current environmental management principles



Biological effects of radiation in non-human organisms



The Commission's system of protection



Proposal for a systematic approach to assessing radiological impacts on non-human species



Discussion



Conclusions and recommendations


References