Intervention

Any action intended to reduce or avert exposure or the likelihood of exposure in emergency or existing exposure situations. The term intervention has been replaced by the terms, protective action and protection strategy, as appropriate.

(Adapted from ICRP Publication 103, 2007)

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from ICRP Publication 103, 2007

Human actions that decrease the overall exposure by influencing the existing form of the network.