On 1st July 2016, the Control of Electromagnetic Fields at Work Regulations 2016 came into force in the UK. These regulations require employers to assess the risks posed to staff and others from sources of electromagnetic fields (EMF) in the workplace. Where an assessment shows that the levels of EMF to which staff and others may exposed will or are likely to exceed specific thresholds (exposure limit values and action levels), then the…
29th Jun 2016News Archive
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We are pleased to announce that Nicola Jaynes (Urenco) has been awarded the 2016 Jack Martin Prize. This Prize is awarded for the best oral presentation given at the Annual Meeting from a submitted abstract. Pete Cole met with Nicola yesterday to present Nicola with the Medal and also a cheque for £500. The slides from Nicola's paper entitled 'Practical Application of Radiological Protection' are available to members here (you need to be…
14th Jun 2016
SRP Honorary Fellow and former President, Roger Coates, has been awarded an OBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours List for services to nuclear safety and radiological protection. Roger has had a long and continuing involvement in the profession at both national and international level and has made a unique contribution to radiation safety, public information and environmental protection worldwide during his career. Last month he took over as…
11th Jun 2016
Yesterday was World Ocean Day - looking at the future challenges facing this life-sustaining resource. The UK Governments are committed to preventing pollution of the marine environment from ionising radiation, with the ultimate aim of reducing concentrations in the environment to near background values for naturally occurring radioactive substances and close to zero for artificial radioactive substances. Therefore a programme of surveillance…
9th Jun 2016
The ICRP Main Commission held a four day meeting in Cape Town immediately following IRPA14. Two new Committee Chairs were welcomed: Werner Rühm for Committee 1, replacing Bill Morgan who sadly died in November 2015, and Kathryn Higley for Committee5. Former C5 Chair, Carl-Magnus Larsson continues to serve as a member of the Main Commission. New Task Groups were approved on: (1) the calculation of stochastic detriment, (2) protection…
6th Jun 2016