Implementation of the ICRP recommendations: Some practical aspects

Some fundamental problems associated with implementing the ICRP 60 to the radiation protection practices were discussed. The concept of effective dose are plausible one, but difficulties are involved in the determination of the dosimetric quantity in practice. Obstructions are expected in the uses of the dose conversion factors for internal exposure mainly due to the complexity. Subjective nature influences an attempt to evaluate the monetary coefficient of dose for quantitative optimization, which causes discrepancies in the resulting monetary coefficients. Particularly, the amount of money spent by the operators of nuclear power plants appeared to be far above the theoretical alpha values in most cases. (author)