2012 Volume 38 Issue 2 Pages 49-53
After the accident of the Fukushima Daiichi NPP, new regulations and guidelines for radiation protection and waste management were provided by the government office concerned and local autonomous bodies. These were decided based on the recommendation of the International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP) and adapted to apply the recommendation to the present conditions. The concept of ICRP has been accepted in the regulations and guidelines of many countries. In this paper, we review the history of the ICRP and key points for the emergency and existing situations described in the ICRP publication 103 (2007 ICRP recommendation) and ICRP Publication 111.