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ICRP Glossary
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Wisdom
Created page with "__NOTOC__ The quality of having knowledge, common sense, experience and good judgment in order to make reasonable decisions and to act accordingly. (Adapted from [http://http..."
Virtue ethics
Created page with "__NOTOC__ An approach to ethics that emphasizes the role of personal character and virtue in determination of morality. (Adapted from [http://http://www.icrp.org/publicatio..."
Value judgement
Created page with "__NOTOC__ A subjective assessment based upon available knowledge and a particular set of values and priorities. (Adapted from [http://http://www.icrp.org/publication.asp?id=..."
Utilitarian ethics
Created page with "__NOTOC__ An approach to ethics that judges the morality of an action based on the action’s impact on social welfare. (Adapted from [http://http://www.icrp.org/publication..."
Transparency
Created page with "__NOTOC__ Accessibility of information about the deliberations and decisions concerning potential or on-going activities and the honesty with which this information is transmi..."
Tolerability
Created page with "__NOTOC__ The degree or extent to which something can be endured. (Adapted from [http://http://www.icrp.org/publication.asp?id=ICRP%20Publication%20138 ICRP ''Publication 1..."
Stakeholder
Created page with "__NOTOC__ A stakeholder is a person, a group or organisation with an interest or concern in an issue. ''ICRP Glossary entry - 8 March 2019''"
Self-help protection
Created page with "__NOTOC__ Informed actions taken by individuals to protect themselves, their family, and their community. (Adapted from [http://http://www.icrp.org/publication.asp?id=ICRP%2..."
Right to know
Created page with "__NOTOC__ The right of individuals to be informed about what hazards they are exposed to and how to protect themselves. (Adapted from [http://http://www.icrp.org/publicatio..."
Residual dose
Created page with "__NOTOC__ The dose received by an individual from a given source. It can be estimated or measured, taking into account any protective actions that have been applied to the sou..."
Representative person
Created page with "__NOTOC__ An individual receiving a dose that is representative of the doses to the most highly exposed individuals in an exposed group from a given source, excluding extreme..."
Representative organism (non-human biota)
Created page with "__NOTOC__ An organism or group of organisms receiving a dose that is representative of the doses to the most highly exposed individuals in an exposed group from a given source..."
Remediation
Created page with "__NOTOC__ The process to reduce the radiation exposure from contamination through actions to remove the contamination itself (decontamination) or to affect the exposure pathwa..."
Rehabilitation of living conditions
Created page with "__NOTOC__ The process for ensuring sustainable and decent conditions for people living in long term contaminated areas. ''ICRP Glossary entry - 8 March 2019''"
Reference level
Created page with "__NOTOC__ The value of dose used to drive the optimisation process in existing and emergency exposure situations. The value of a reference level will be selected within the ba..."
Recovery
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Recovery
Created page with "__NOTOC__<br /> {| class="wikitable" |- ||The process of remediating and rehabilitating to reflect, to the extent possible, suitable circumstances such as those prevailing bef..."
Reasonableness
Created page with "__NOTOC__ To make rational, informed and impartial decisions that respect other views, goals, and conflicting interests. (Adapted from [http://http://www.icrp.org/publicatio..."
Public exposure
Created page with "__NOTOC__ Exposure incurred by individuals from natural and man-made radiation sources, other than occupational and medical exposure. ''ICRP Glossary entry - 8 March 2019''"
Protective action
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Prudence
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Prudence
Created page with "__NOTOC__ Action taken in an exposure situation to reduce or prevent exposure. The action can be taken at the source, at points in the exposure pathway, or occasionally by mod..."
Protective action
Created page with "__NOTOC__ The set of combined protective actions implemented, for a given exposure situation and prevailing circumstance, to keep or reduce exposure as low as reasonably achie..."
Protection strategy
Created page with "__NOTOC__ The set of combined protective actions implemented, for a given exposure situation and prevailing circumstance, to keep or reduce exposure as low as reasonably achie..."
Projected dose
Created page with "__NOTOC__ Dose expected to be received by individuals in the absence of protective actions. ''ICRP Glossary entry - 8 March 2019''"
Procedural values
Created page with "__NOTOC__ Set of values to take practical actions that align the conduct of a given activity with the ethical principles. (Adapted from [http://http://www.icrp.org/publicati..."
Principle of optimisation
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Principle of optimisation
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Principle of optimisation
Created page with "__NOTOC__ The likelihood of incurring exposures and the magnitude of their individual doses should be kept as low as reasonably achievable, taking into account societal, econo..."
Principle of justification
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Principle of justification
Created page with "__NOTOC__ Decisions that alter (i.e. introduce, reduce or remove) the radiation exposure situation should, overall, do more good than harm. This means that, by introducing a n..."
Principle of application of dose limits
Created page with "__NOTOC__ The total dose to any individual from a source that is under control, other than medical exposure of patients, should not exceed the appropriate limits recommended b..."
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Practical radiological protection culture
Created page with "__NOTOC__ The knowledge and skills enabling citizens to make well-informed choices and behave wisely in situations involving potential or actual exposures to ionising radiatio..."
Planned exposure situation
Created page with "__NOTOC__ An exposure situation resulting from the deliberate introduction and operation of radiation sources, used for their radioactive properties. For this type of situatio..."
Non-maleficence
Created page with "__NOTOC__ Act of avoiding harm. Non-maleficence is a key value of biomedical ethics. In radiological protection it is to reduce the direct and indirect harm and risk for indiv..."
Justice
Created page with "__NOTOC__ The upholding of what is right, equitable and fair. - Distributive justice: fairness in the distribution of advantages and disadvantages among members of a people c..."