User contributions
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..."
7 March 2019
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..."
Air-kerma rate constant
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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...."
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..."
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..."
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..."
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..."
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..."
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..."
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..."
Environmental exposure
Created page with "__NOTOC__ Radiation exposure of biota in the natural environment resulting from human activities. ''ICRP Glossary entry - 7 March 2019''"
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..."
Dose limit
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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..."
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..."
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..."
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..."
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..."
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''"
Contamination
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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..."
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..."
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..."
Averted dose
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Averted dose
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Averted dose
Created page with "__NOTOC__ The reduction in dose (dose avoided) by implementation of protective actions."
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..."
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..."
Air-kerma rate constant
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