Waste disposal and the recommendations of the International Commission on Radiological Protection - challenges for radioecology and environmental radiation protection.
The 2007 Recommendations of the International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP) represent a change from a process-based to an exposure-based approach, where exposure situations are categorised as planned, emergency, and existing exposure situations. Although the new Recommendations contain further changes based on, inter alia, scientific developments since the publication of the 1990 Recommendations, they overall represent more continuity than change - a notable exception being the direct consideration of environmental protection. The implications of the new Recommendations for radioactive waste management are fairly marginal, as earlier recommendations in this area are still considered valid. This communication provides a brief overview of the current ICRP system for radiological protection as applied to radioactive waste management, as well as an outlook including the possibility of using the developing ICRP system for management of environmental effects as an 'alternative way of reasoning' when building the safety case for a specific waste disposal concept.
Larsson
Carl-Magnus
CM
Swedish Radiation Safety Authority, SE-171 16 Stockholm, Sweden. carl.magnus.larsson@ssm.se
D004781:Environmental Exposure / Q000517:prevention & control; D006256:Hazardous Waste; D006801:Humans; D007391:International Cooperation; D011829:Radiation Dosage; D011834:Radiation Monitoring / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards*; D011835:Radiation Protection / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards*; D018788:Radioactive Hazard Release / Q000517:prevention & control; D011850:Radioactive Waste; D018570:Risk Assessment / Q000379:methods; D012307:Risk Factors
D006256:Hazardous Waste; D011850:Radioactive Waste