INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS ON BASIC STANDARDS FOR RADIATION PROTECTION

This paper describes briefly reactions to ICRP 1977 recommendations sinceits publication. The recommendations have been widely accepted by importantinternational organizations and many national regulatory bodies. The revised BasicSafety Standards for Radiation Protection (IAEA, ILO, OECD/NEA and WHO,1982) was based on the ICRP recommendations. It is suggested that the basicstandards in the radiation protection regulations of our country should be basedon ICRP recommendations as well. However, considerable research efforts shouldbe made to convert the appropriate principles to more definite rules in nationalregulations.