2024 Volume 59 Issue 2 Pages 48-62
In December 2021, the International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP) called for transparent engagement of stakeholders in the review and revision of the ICRP 2007 General Recommendations by publishing the paper “Keeping the ICRP Recommendations Fit for Purpose” to present the main points at issue. Subsequently, the Expert Group on International Recommendations (EGIR) of the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA), one of the ICRP’s Special Liaison Organizations (SLOs), issued the report entitled “Initial Views on the Review and Revision of the System of Radiological Protection” in April 2023. The EGIR’s report summarizes the views of radiation protection experts on five priority themes: (1) The system of radiological protection, (2) optimization, (3) environmental protection, (4) radiation detriment and risk, and (5) exposure situations. This review paper provides an overview of the five priority themes extracted by the EGIR and presents a summary of recent international developments towards the next ICRP General Recommendations scheduled for the 2030s.
