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Radiation Protection Dosimetry 2005 115(1-4):16-22; doi:10.1093/rpd/nci133
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Radiation protection standards: their evolution from science to philosophy

R. L. Dixon1,*, Joel E. Gray2, B. R. Archer3 and D. J. Simpkin4

1 Department of Radiology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC 27157-1088, USA
2 Landauer, Inc., Glenwood, IL 60425, USA
3 Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
4 St Luke's Medical Center, Milwaukee, WI 53201-2901, USA

* Corresponding author: rdixon{at}wfubmc.edu

The concept of applying constraints on individual sources to a small fraction of the public dose limit has been deemed inappropriate when shielding the medical X-ray sources. This represents a broad-based consensus of medical physics and radiological societies in the United States, and the report series on the shielding design for medical X-ray sources (including dental, X-ray imaging and therapeutic X ray) from the National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements (NCRP) utilises 1 mSv y–1 as a source control limit. In the present study, the rationale for such a conclusion is discussed, and a somewhat critical look at the current model of radiation protection of the public is made.


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