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Protection against ionizing radiation vis-à-vis. Protection against non-ionizing radiation: different approaches

  • 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 titles

Original title (English)
Memoria Técnica 2021. Autoridad Regulatoria Nuclear

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;

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Notes
13 refs. Imprint:Memoria T#Latin Small Letter E With Acute#cnica 2021. Autoridad Regulatoria Nuclear