IRPA initiative on radiation protection culture

• Authors: Natalia Golnik , Piotr Tulik
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The concept of radiation protection culture, proposed by French Society for Radiation Protection (SFRP) and then launched by International Radiation Protection Association (IRPA) is presented. The paper is focused on the role of radiation culture in preventing unjustified fear associated with the use of radiation. Principles of RP culture and optimization of radiation protection, as well as the problems how RP culture can be learned and how to engage the stakeholders are considered.

Keywords

EN

Radiation Protection Culture; IRPA

• Publisher: Versita
• Journal: Polish Journal of Medical Physics And Engineering
• Year: 2011
• Volume: 17
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 1-12

Dates

published

1 - 1 - 2011

online

7 - 2 - 2012

Contributors

author

Natalia Golnik

• Institute of Metrology and Biomedical Engineering, Warsaw University of Technology, Warsaw, Poland

author

Piotr Tulik

• Institute of Metrology and Biomedical Engineering, Warsaw University of Technology, Warsaw, Poland

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/v10013-011-0001-8