TY - JOUR
T1 - ICRP workshop on the review and revision of the system of radiological protection
T2 - A focus on research priorities — Feedback from the international community
AU - Rühm, Werner
AU - Yu, Hyungjoon
AU - Clement, Christopher
AU - Ainsbury, Elizabeth A.
AU - Andresz, Sylvain
AU - Bryant, Peter
AU - Chapple, Claire Louise
AU - Croüail, Pascal
AU - Damilakis, John
AU - Ermacora, Marcela G.
AU - Eurajoki, Tapani
AU - Gering, Florian
AU - Molyneux-Hodgson, Susan
AU - Hupe, Oliver
AU - Impens, Nathalie
AU - Lassmann, Michael
AU - Martins, João O.
AU - Mazzoni, Lorenzo Nicola
AU - Mogg, Christopher
AU - Morgan, Julie
AU - Perko, Tanja
AU - Pinak, Miroslav
AU - Santos, Joana
AU - Stritt, Nicolas
AU - Tanner, Rick
AU - Turcanu, Catrinel
AU - Vermeersch, Fernand
N1 - Score=10
Funding Information:
For the establishment of the EMN, the supporting project 19NET03 supportBSS has received funding from the European Metrology Programme for Innovation and Research co-financed by the participating states and from the EU’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2023 The Author(s). Published on behalf of the Society for Radiological Protection by IOP Publishing Ltd
PY - 2023/12
Y1 - 2023/12
N2 - In September 2022, the International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP) organised a workshop in Estoril, Portugal, on the ‘Review and Revision of the System of Radiological Protection: A Focus on Research Priorities’. The workshop, which was a side event of the European Radiation Protection Week, offered an opportunity to comment on a recent paper published by ICRP on areas of research to support the System of Radiological Protection. Altogether, about 150 individuals participated in the workshop. After the workshop, 16 of the 30 organisations in formal relations with ICRP provided written feedback. All participants and organisations followed ICRP’s view that further research in various areas will offer additional support in improving the System in the short, medium, and long term. In general, it was emphasised that any research should be outcome-focused in that it should improve protection of people or the environment. Many research topics mentioned by the participants were in line with those already identified by ICRP in the paper noted above. In addition, further ideas were expressed such as, for example, that lessons learned during the COVID-19 pandemic with regards to the non-radiological social, economic and environment impacts, should be analysed for their usefulness to enhance radiological protection, and that current protection strategies and application of current radiological protection principles may need to be adapted to military scenarios like those observed recently during the military conflict in the Ukraine or the detonation of a nuclear weapon. On a broader perspective, it was discussed how radiation research and radiological protection can contribute towards the Sustainable Development Goals announced by the United Nations in 2015. This paper summarises the views expressed during the workshop and the major take home messages identified by ICRP.
AB - In September 2022, the International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP) organised a workshop in Estoril, Portugal, on the ‘Review and Revision of the System of Radiological Protection: A Focus on Research Priorities’. The workshop, which was a side event of the European Radiation Protection Week, offered an opportunity to comment on a recent paper published by ICRP on areas of research to support the System of Radiological Protection. Altogether, about 150 individuals participated in the workshop. After the workshop, 16 of the 30 organisations in formal relations with ICRP provided written feedback. All participants and organisations followed ICRP’s view that further research in various areas will offer additional support in improving the System in the short, medium, and long term. In general, it was emphasised that any research should be outcome-focused in that it should improve protection of people or the environment. Many research topics mentioned by the participants were in line with those already identified by ICRP in the paper noted above. In addition, further ideas were expressed such as, for example, that lessons learned during the COVID-19 pandemic with regards to the non-radiological social, economic and environment impacts, should be analysed for their usefulness to enhance radiological protection, and that current protection strategies and application of current radiological protection principles may need to be adapted to military scenarios like those observed recently during the military conflict in the Ukraine or the detonation of a nuclear weapon. On a broader perspective, it was discussed how radiation research and radiological protection can contribute towards the Sustainable Development Goals announced by the United Nations in 2015. This paper summarises the views expressed during the workshop and the major take home messages identified by ICRP.
KW - ICRP
KW - International feedback
KW - Radiological protection
KW - Research priorities
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85175331799&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1088/1361-6498/acf6ca
DO - 10.1088/1361-6498/acf6ca
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85175331799
SN - 0952-4746
VL - 43
JO - Journal of Radiological protection
JF - Journal of Radiological protection
IS - 4
M1 - 043001
ER -