Scope

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1. Scope

1.1. The provisions of this code apply to all activities involving the exposure of

workers to ionising radiations1 at work. Additional guidance can be found in documents

dealing with special occupational groups and working situations.2

1.2. The provisions of this code offer guidance for the protection of workers

against radiation risks from radiation sources at the workplace.

1.3. The code covers the principles of dose limitation for workers but it does not

include detailed guidance on the techniques used for the actual measurement and

assessment of exposures and for their control. Such guidance is being prepared by the

International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in co-operation with the World Health

Organization (WHO) and the ILO.

1.4. It should be kept in mind, however, that the choice of techniques for control

of doses to workers should be made while taking into consideration the presence of

other, possibly more serious, chronic or acute risks in the workplace. It is therefore

important that actions taken to reduce radiation doses at a workplace should not be such

as to increase other occupational safety or health risks.

1.5. The provisions of this code are based on the current recommendations of the

International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP) and on Basic safety

standards for radiation protection.3

1 Unless otherwise specified, the use of the word "radiations" means "ionising radiations".

2 ILO/IAEA/WHO: Manual on radiation protection in hospitals and general practice, 5 vols.

(Geneva, WHO, 1974-80).

3 IAEA/ILO/NEA(OECD)/WHO: Basic safety standards for radiation protection, 1982 edition,

Safety Series No. 9 (Vienna, IAEA, 1982).

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