Ionising Radiations Regulations 2017 (IRR17) Guidance - Part 1 - Preliminary

  • IRR17 (1) - Citation and commencement

    Published: Sept 29, 2021

    Source: Ionactive Radiation Protection Resource

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    • IRR17 (1)
    • Citation and commencement
    • Ionising Radiations Regulations 2017

    This regulation is little more than a formality and cites the regulations as the Ionising Radiations Regulations 2017 (IRR17).

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  • IRR17 (2) - Interpretation

    Published: Sept 29, 2021

    Source: Ionactive Radiation Protection Resource

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    • IRR17 (2)
    • Interpretation
    • Dose Rate
    • Industrial Radiography
    • Practice
    • Radiation accident
    • Radiation Protection Adviser (RPA)

    The first IRR17 regulation you should read before all others. Interpretation is everything and some things are not always what they seem (look up Dose Rate and Industrial Radiography as examples)

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  • IRR17 (3) - Application

    Published: Sept 29, 2021

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    • IRR17 (3)
    • Application
    • Practice
    • Radon
    • > 300 Bq/m3
    • Work in radon atmosphere

    Where the Ionising Radiations Regulations 2017 (IRR17) apply (i.e. any practice, and any work which is not a practice, undertaken in a radon gas atmosphere exceeding 300 Bq/m3 - average annual concentration).

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  • IRR17 (4) - Duties under the regulations

    Published: Sept 29, 2021

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