Radiation Protection Glossary
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Limitation
Limitation is the last of the three principles of the ICRP
system of protection. Limitation, together with Justification
and Optimisation
, are used as the basis of Radiation Protection
internationally. Limitation is defined in ICRP 60 as '..effective dose to individuals shall not exceed the dose limits recommended..'. ICRP requires that Deterministic Effects
are avoided and that Probabilistic
/ Stochastic
effects are as low as reasonably achievable (ALARA
).
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