Radiation Protection Dosimetry Advance Access originally published online on February 3, 2006
Radiation Protection Dosimetry 2005 117(1-3):260-262; doi:10.1093/rpd/nci738
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Radiation protection and safety in medical use of ionising radiation in Republic of Bulgariaharmonisation of the national legislation with Euratom directives
National Centre of Radiobiology and Radiation Protection, 132 Kliment Ohridsky Boulevard, Sofia 1756, Bulgaria
* Corresponding author: ch.ingilizova{at}ncrrp.org
From February 2002 to November 2003 the National Centre of Radiobiology and Radiation Protection conducted a PHARE twinning project Radiation Protection and Safety at Medical Use of Ionising Radiation. The main purposes of the project were the harmonisation of Bulgarian legislation in the field of radiation protection with EC Directives 96/29 and 97/43 Euratom, and the establishment of appropriate institutional infrastructure and administrative framework for their implementation. This paper presents the main results of the project: elaboration of Ordinance for Protection of Individuals from Medical Exposure; performance of a national survey of distribution of patient doses in diagnostic radiology and of administered activities in nuclear medicine and establishment of national reference levels for the most common diagnostic procedures.