title: International standards for radiation protection.
abstract: International standards for radiation protection are issued by many bodies. These bodies differ to a large extent in their organisation, in the way the members are designated and in the way the international standards are authorised by the issuing body. Large differences also exist in the relevance of the international standards. One extreme is that the international standards are mandatory in the sense that no conflicting national standard may exist, the other extreme is that national and international standards conflict and there is no need to resolve that conflict. Between these extremes there are some standards or documents of relevance, which are not binding by any formal law or contract but are de facto binding due to the scientific reputation of the issuing body. This paper gives, for radiation protection, an overview of the main standards issuing bodies, the international standards or documents of relevance issued by them and the relevance of these documents.
authors.affiliation: Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt, Bundesallee 100, D-38116 Braunschweig, Germany. peter.ambrosi@ptb.de
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Ambrosi
mesh_terms: D005062:European Union; D006801:Humans; D007391:International Cooperation; D011834:Radiation Monitoring / Q000592:standards*; D011835:Radiation Protection / Q000592:standards*; D011874:Radiometry / Q000379:methods; D017751:Safety Management / Q000592:standards