Relationship between legal radiation protection specifications and technical standards in radiological technology

The radiation protection regulation in the radiological technology has a long tradition as the danger of ionizing radiation was known from the start. The first radiation protection regulations were worked out by specialist commissions of scientific societies. They were generally recognized. The article outlines the efforts, also on an international level, to achieve uniform definitions which is not easy with the multiple methods and equipment. The settlement by standardization and the efforts of the national and international standards organizations are especially dealt with, where an essential factor is to find a harmony between the technical standards and the legal standards. (orig./LH)