• Ionising Radiations Regulations (IRR) are statutory instruments which form the main legal requirements for the use and control of ionising radiation in...
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  • (Safety Advisers) Regulations Ionising Radiations Regulations 1999 Pressure Equipment Regulations 1999 Pressure Systems Safety Regulations 2000 (PSSR, SI...
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  • system's health objectives are "to manage and control exposures to ionising radiation so that deterministic effects are prevented, and the risks of stochastic...
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  • doses are used for medical imaging and radiotherapy. The UK Ionising Radiations Regulations 1999 defines its usage of the term effective dose; "Any reference...
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    Sievert (category Radiation health effects)
    satisfy radiation safety legislation; such as in the UK, the Ionising Radiations Regulations 1999. The sievert is used in external radiation protection...
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  • Wipe test counter (category Radiation health effects)
    2017. Health & Safety Commission (2000). Work with ionising radiation : Ionising Radiations Regulations 1999 approved code of practice and guidance. London:...
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  • Retrieved 2018-01-02. "The Ionising Radiations Regulations 2017". www.legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 2018-01-02. "Ionising radiation: dose comparisons - GOV...
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  • of radiation cannot be differentiated, but it gives a very good measurement of overall ionising effect. It has a good uniform response to radiation over...
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  • Ionizing radiation (US, ionising radiation in the UK), including nuclear radiation, consists of subatomic particles or electromagnetic waves that have...
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    controlled by law. In the UK it is the Ionising Radiation Regulations 1999. The measuring instruments for radiation protection are both "installed" (in a...
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    Regulations 2002, Ionising Radiations Regulations 1999 Control of Asbestos Regulations 2006 Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations 2002 Construction...
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  • PHE's Radiation Protection Adviser Services. PHE was the UK's first Radiation Protection Adviser Body, under the Ionising Radiations Regulations (IRR)...
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    worn. The personal ionising radiation dosimeter is of fundamental importance in the disciplines of radiation dosimetry and radiation health physics and...
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    1140 The Classification and Labelling of Explosives Regulations 1983, Ionising Radiations Regulations 1985, SI 1985/1333, reg.2 See the Road Traffic (Carriage...
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  • workers against ionising radiations,... Article 2. This Convention applies to all activities involving exposure of workers to ionising radiation in the course...
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  • is also used to manage the irradiation and measure the effects of ionising radiation on inanimate matter in a number of fields. Absorbed dose is used to...
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    and Wales. Ionising Radiations Regulations 1999 Statutory Instrument 2010 No. 675 Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2010 v t e...
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    earliest techniques of measuring the intensity of X-rays was to measure their ionising effect in air by means of an air-filled ion chamber. At the first ICRU...
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  • equivalent dose Becquerel Counts per minute Curie Gray (unit) Ionizing radiation units Ionisation chamber Rad (unit) Roentgen (unit) Roentgen equivalent man Sievert...
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    the RIS and PACS systems. Radiation Protection – A managerial role concerned with monitoring the level of ionising radiation absorbed by anyone who comes...
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    Roentgen (unit) (category Units of radiation dose)
    depending on the beam energy. As the science of radiation dosimetry developed, it was realised that the ionising effect, and hence tissue damage, was linked...
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    requirements. The European Union aligned its regulations with the GHS standards in 2008 with the adoption of CLP Regulation, replacing its existing Directive 67/548/EEC...
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    absorbed dose (D), which is defined as the mean energy imparted [by ionising radiation] (dE) per unit mass (dm) of material (D = dE/dm) The SI unit of absorbed...
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  • Australian citizens from both ionising and non-ionising radiation. ARPANSA works under the guidance of the Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety...
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    was charged with collecting all available data on the effects of "ionising radiation upon man and his environment". (James J. Wadsworth - American representative...
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    Geiger counter (category Ionising radiation detectors)
    used by personnel to measure what radiation dose they have received Ionization chamber, the simplest ionising radiation detector Gaseous ionization detector...
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    context a source is anything that may cause radiation exposure — such as by emitting ionising radiation, or releasing radioactive substances. The phrase...
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  • the harmful effects of ionising radiation. Its recommendations form the basis of radiological protection policy, regulations, guidelines and practice...
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    Food irradiation (category Radiation)
    This ratio determines how uniform the irradiation process is. As ionising radiation passes through food, it creates a trail of chemical transformations...
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  • Whole-body counting (category Ionising radiation detectors)
    particle decays can also be detected indirectly by their coincident gamma radiation. In certain circumstances, beta emitters can be measured, but with degraded...
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