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  • 15:02, 8 March 2019 (diff | hist) (-35) Recovery
  • 15:02, 8 March 2019 (diff | hist) (+241) N 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...")
  • 15:01, 8 March 2019 (diff | hist) (+279) N 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...")
  • 15:01, 8 March 2019 (diff | hist) (+177) N 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''")
  • 15:00, 8 March 2019 (diff | hist) (+71) Protective action
  • 15:00, 8 March 2019 (diff | hist) (-6) Prudence
  • 14:59, 8 March 2019 (diff | hist) (+296) N 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...")
  • 14:59, 8 March 2019 (diff | hist) (+225) N 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...")
  • 14:58, 8 March 2019 (diff | hist) (+225) N 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...")
  • 14:58, 8 March 2019 (diff | hist) (+135) N 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''")
  • 14:56, 8 March 2019 (diff | hist) (+280) N 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...")
  • 14:55, 8 March 2019 (diff | hist) (-4) Principle of optimisation
  • 14:53, 8 March 2019 (diff | hist) (+4) Principle of optimisation
  • 14:53, 8 March 2019 (diff | hist) (+402) N 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...")
  • 14:37, 8 March 2019 (diff | hist) (0) Principle of justification
  • 14:37, 8 March 2019 (diff | hist) (+436) N 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...")
  • 14:36, 8 March 2019 (diff | hist) (+236) 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...")
  • 20:10, 7 March 2019 (diff | hist) (+336) N 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...")
  • 20:09, 7 March 2019 (diff | hist) (+338) N 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...")
  • 20:07, 7 March 2019 (diff | hist) (+374) N 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...")
  • 20:06, 7 March 2019 (diff | hist) (+1,006) N 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...")
  • 20:04, 7 March 2019 (diff | hist) (+113) Air-kerma rate constant
  • 20:00, 7 March 2019 (diff | hist) (+332) N Inclusiveness(Created page with "__NOTOC__ Ensuring that all those concerned are given the opportunity to participate in discussions, deliberations and decision-making concerning situations that affect them....")
  • 19:57, 7 March 2019 (diff | hist) (+259) N Health Surveillance(Created page with "__NOTOC__ The continuous, systematic collection, analysis and interpretation of health-related data needed for the early detection of ill-health effects, and for the managemen...")
  • 19:56, 7 March 2019 (diff | hist) (+269) N Graded approach(Created page with "__NOTOC__ The scheme recommended for implementing the system of protection in a way that is proportionate to the magnitude and likelihood of the risk, the complexity of the ex...")
  • 19:54, 7 March 2019 (diff | hist) (+249) N Fairness(Created page with "__NOTOC__ The quality of treating people equitably or in a way that is right or reasonable. (Adapted from [http://http://www.icrp.org/publication.asp?id=ICRP%20Publication%20...")
  • 19:53, 7 March 2019 (diff | hist) (+206) N Exposure situation(Created page with "__NOTOC__ A situation where a natural or man-made radiation source, through various pathways, results in exposure of humans or non-human biota in the environment. ''ICRP Gl...")
  • 19:17, 7 March 2019 (diff | hist) (+443) N Existing exposure situation(Created page with "__NOTOC__ An exposure situation resulting from a source that already exists, with no intention to use the source for its radioactive properties, before a decision to control t...")
  • 19:15, 7 March 2019 (diff | hist) (+356) N Ethics(Created page with "__NOTOC__ The branch of philosophy that explores the nature of moral virtue and evaluates human actions using sets of moral principles and concepts to govern behaviour or cond...")
  • 19:14, 7 March 2019 (diff | hist) (+344) N Equity(Created page with "__NOTOC__ The quality of being fair and impartial. In radiological protection, equity refers to the fair distribution of risks and benefits of activities related to radiation...")
  • 19:12, 7 March 2019 (diff | hist) (+141) N Environmental exposure(Created page with "__NOTOC__ Radiation exposure of biota in the natural environment resulting from human activities. ''ICRP Glossary entry - 7 March 2019''")
  • 19:02, 7 March 2019 (diff | hist) (+242) N Emergency exposure situation(Created page with "__NOTOC__ An exposure situation resulting from a loss of control of a source, or from intentional misuse of a source, which requires urgent and timely actions in order to avoi...")
  • 19:01, 7 March 2019 (diff | hist) (+1) Dose limit
  • 19:01, 7 March 2019 (diff | hist) (+430) N Dose limit(Created page with "__NOTOC__ The value of absorbed, equivalent, or effective dose that is applied to exposure of individuals in order to prevent the occurrence of radiation-induced tissue reacti...")
  • 18:57, 7 March 2019 (diff | hist) (+300) N Dose criteria(Created page with "__NOTOC__ Quantitative values for the practical implementation of the radiological protection system. Expressed in terms of dose or derived quantities. This generic term is us...")
  • 18:57, 7 March 2019 (diff | hist) (+441) N Dose constraint(Created page with "__NOTOC__ A prospective, source related value of individual dose, applied in a planned exposure situation, above which it is unlikely that protection is optimised for a given...")
  • 18:55, 7 March 2019 (diff | hist) (+315) N Dignity(Created page with "__NOTOC__ The value and respect that every person has and deserves regardless of her/his age, sex, health, social condition, ethnic origin and religion, etc. (Adapted from [h...")
  • 18:51, 7 March 2019 (diff | hist) (+283) N Deontological Ethics(Created page with "__NOTOC__ An approach to ethics that judges the morality of an action based on the action’s adherence to rules or duties. (Adapted from [http://http://www.icrp.org/publica...")
  • 18:49, 7 March 2019 (diff | hist) (+163) N Decontamination(Created page with "__NOTOC__ The complete or partial removal of contamination by a deliberate physical, chemical or biological process. ''ICRP Glossary entry - 7 March 2019''")
  • 18:48, 7 March 2019 (diff | hist) (-151) Contamination
  • 18:47, 7 March 2019 (diff | hist) (+314) N Contamination(Created page with "__NOTOC__ A process of co-operation between experts and local stakeholders to exploit local knowledge and scientific expertise for the purpose of understanding the radiologica...")
  • 16:48, 7 March 2019 (diff | hist) (+314) N Co-expertise(Created page with "__NOTOC__ A process of co-operation between experts and local stakeholders to exploit local knowledge and scientific expertise for the purpose of understanding the radiologica...")
  • 16:47, 7 March 2019 (diff | hist) (+382) N Beneficence(Created page with "__NOTOC__ The act of promoting or doing good. Beneficence is a key value of biomedical ethics. In radiological protection it is to increase the direct and indirect benefits fo...")
  • 16:44, 7 March 2019 (diff | hist) (+1) Averted dose
  • 16:44, 7 March 2019 (diff | hist) (+43) Averted dose
  • 16:42, 7 March 2019 (diff | hist) (+87) N Averted dose(Created page with "__NOTOC__ The reduction in dose (dose avoided) by implementation of protective actions.")
  • 16:41, 7 March 2019 (diff | hist) (+284) N Autonomy(Created page with "__NOTOC__ The capacity of individuals to act freely, to decide for themselves and to pursue a course of action in their life. (Adapted from [http://http://www.icrp.org/publi...")
  • 16:39, 7 March 2019 (diff | hist) (+448) N Accountability(Created page with "__NOTOC__ The obligation of individuals or organisations that are in charge of decision-making to answer for their actions to all those who are likely to be affected, includin...")
  • 14:43, 7 March 2019 (diff | hist) (+1) Air-kerma rate constant
  • 14:40, 7 March 2019 (diff | hist) (+109) Air-kerma rate constant

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