Protection against ionizing radiation vis-à-vis. Protection against non-ionizing radiation: different approaches
Creators
- 1. Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica, Buenos Aires (Argentina)
- 2. Autoridad Regulatoria Nuclear, Buenos Aires (Argentina)
Description
The purpose of this paper is to explore an apparent dichotomy between the protection against ionizing radiation (IR) and the protection against no ionizing radiation (NIR). The international and intergovernmental radiation safety system for IR is: universal and consensual; founded on internationally accepted science accorded at the United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation (UNSCEAR); based on a universally accepted paradigm developed over the years by the International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP); resulted in an intergovernmental regime of standards co-sponsored by all relevant international agencies under the aegis of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); enforced by obligations undertaken by States; and, including provisions for practical applications supported by all relevant international agencies. For the protection against NIR., the proxy is the International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection (ICNIRP), created by IRPA on 1992. After 30 years its work is not replacing the combined effort of UNSCEAR, ICRP and the intergovernmental agencies. Such differences in protection approaches between IR and NIR are against the fundamental bases of IRPA. The interest of IRPA, its constituting societies and their thousand professional members, is to resolve the gap. They need clear answers to such basic questions as: What is the internationally endorsed consensual science on NIR? What is the ethical basis of the protection paradigm and the factual protection principles being used for NIR? What is the intergovernmental regime of safety standards and obligations for NIR? What are the provisions for the global application of such standards? The paper concludes that the time seems to be ripe for closing the gape between protection against IR and protection against NIR. (authors)
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Additional details
Additional titles
- Original title (English)
- Memoria Técnica 2021. Autoridad Regulatoria Nuclear
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Publishing Information
- Publisher
- ARN
- Imprint Place
- Buenos Aires (Argentina)
- Imprint Title
- Technical Memory 2021. Nuclear Regulatory Authority
- Imprint Pagination
- 147 p.
- Journal Page Range
- 8 p.
- Report number
- INIS-AR-A--56
Conference
- Title
- 15. International Congress of the International Radiation Protection Association
- Dates
- 18-19 Jan 2021
- Place
- Seoul (Korea, Republic of)
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Argentina
- Country of Input or Organization
- Argentina
- INIS RN
- 53059619
- Subject category
- S61: RADIATION PROTECTION AND DOSIMETRY;
- Resource subtype / Literary indicator
- Conference
- Quality check status
- Yes
- Descriptors DEI
- ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; IAEA; ICRP; IONIZING RADIATIONS; IRPA; MICROWAVE RADIATION; RADIATION DOSES; RADIATION PROTECTION; REGULATORY GUIDES; UNSCEAR;
- Descriptors DEC
- DOCUMENT TYPES; DOSES; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS; RADIATIONS;
Optional Information
- Lead record
- tynta-w7m94
- Notes
- 13 refs. Imprint:Memoria T#Latin Small Letter E With Acute#cnica 2021. Autoridad Regulatoria Nuclear