A Review of the New European Technical Recommendations for Monitoring Individuals Occupationally Exposed to External Radiation

This paper reviews the revised Technical Recommendations for Monitoring Individuals Occupationally Exposed to External Radiation as issued by the European Commission as Radiation Protection 160. These recommendations are aimed at all stakeholders in radiation protection dosimetry with an emphasis in the responsible technical staff of approved dosimetry services. This paper briefly touches each Chapter and ends with a more in depth section on the uncertainty evaluation of dose measurements.

► Recommendations on all aspects of running an approved dosimetry service.
► Radiation protection framework.
► Metrology of personal dosimeters.
► QC and QA of individual monitoring.