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Document ID (ISN)52262
CIS number 89-1100
ISBN(s) 0-11-057333-1
Year 1985
Convention or series no. Statutory Instruments 1985 No.1333
Title Health and Safety - The Ionising Radiations Regulations 1985 [United Kingdom]
Bibliographic information HMSO Publications Centre, P.O. Box 276, London, SW8 5DT, United Kingdom, 1985. 83p. Price: GBP 5.80.
Abstract These Regulations implement in part the provisions of Council Directive 80/836/Euratom, as amended by C.D. 84/467/Euratom (see CIS 85-90). They impose duties on employers to protect their employees and other persons against ionising radiation arising from exposure at the workplace. Contents: interpretation; dose limitation; regulation of work with ionising radiation; dosimetry and medical surveillance; arrangements for the control of radioactive substances; monitoring of ionising radiation; assessment of notifications; safety of articles and equipment. In the annex: dose limits; extensive table of ca. 700 radionuclides (with radiation quantities corresponding to notifications, controlled areas and assessment reports); designation of control areas; other matters.
Descriptors (primary) ionizing radiation; particulate radiation; United Kingdom
Descriptors (secondary) radiation monitoring; dosimetry; list of radioactive substances; medical supervision; law; permissible radiation doses
Document type A - Laws, regulations, directives
Country / State or ProvinceUnited Kingdom
Subject(s) Standards and directives with the force of law
Broad subject area(s) Physical hazards
Browse category(ies) Ionizing radiation