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Radiation accidents: lessons learnt for future radiological protection.

PURPOSE To review major radiation accidents that have occurred over a 50 year period. To identify common factors, since feedback may prevent recurrence. METHODS Accidents are classified according to the difficulties involved in their management and to the delay between their occurrence and their recognition. RESULTS The rate of severe accidents increases with time, especially those involvin...

The significance of radiation-induced chromosome abnormalities in radiological protection.

A brief review is given of the production and analysis of chromosome aberrations induced by ionizing radiation. The various tissues in which it is possible to demonstrate aberrations are noted and particular emphasis is laid on the culture of peripheral blood lymphocytes. Some examples of recent applications of the technique are described. These are in the determination of suspected overdoses t...

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The state of radiological protection; views of the radiation protection profession: IRPA13, Glasgow, May 2012.

The IRPA13 Congress took place from 14-18 May 2012 in Glasgow, Scotland, UK, and was attended by almost 1500 radiological protection professionals. The scientific programme of the Congress was designed to capture a snapshot of the profession's views of the current state of knowledge, and of the challenges seen for the coming years. This paper provides a summary of these results of the Congress ...