The International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP) is an advisory body providing recommendations and guidance on radiation protection; It was founded in 1928 by the International Society of Radiology (ISR) and was then called the ‘International X-ray and Radium Protection Committee’. Then it was restructured to better take account of uses of radiation outside the medical area, and given its present name, in 1950. ICRP is a not-for-profit organisation in the United Kingdom and currently has its small scientific secretariat in Sweden.

The ICRP defined the reference man in 1974.

[edit] See also

• Journal of Radiological Protection
• National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements of the United States

[edit] External links

• ICRP website