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{|width= 100%|style="width: 15%;" | <center> [[Image:people.gif |160px|link=]] </center>|style="width: 30%; vertical-align:top;" | <span style="color:#4682B4;"> '''For people, exposures are managed and controlled to:''' </span>
|style="width: 5%; vertical-align:top;" | <span style="color:#4682B4;">|style="width: 30%; vertical-align:top;" | <span style="color:#4682B4;"> '''For the environment, the aim is to have a negligible impact on:''' </span>
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→Objectives of Radiological Protection
<blockquote> “to contribute to an appropriate level of protection for people and the environment against the detrimental effects of radiation exposure without unduly limiting the desirable human actions that may be associated with such exposure” ([[ICRP Publication 103]] paragraph 26) </span> </blockquote>
*Prevent Harmful [[ Effects of Exposure | effects]] that are, in principle, preventable
*Reduce the risk of cancer and heritable [[ Effects of Exposure | effects]] to the extent reasonably achievable
*the maintenance of biological diversity
*the conservation of species
*the health and status of natural habitats, communities and ecosystems
