Support for the "Vancouver call for action to strengthen expertise in radiological protection worldwide": the position of organisations in formal relations with the International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP).

Expertise International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP) Organisations in Formal Relations with ICRP Radiological Protection System

Journal

Physica medica : PM : an international journal devoted to the applications of physics to medicine and biology : official journal of the Italian Association of Biomedical Physics (AIFB)
ISSN: 1724-191X
Titre abrégé: Phys Med
Pays: Italy
ID NLM: 9302888

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
10 Jun 2024
Historique:
received: 26 04 2024
accepted: 01 06 2024
medline: 12 6 2024
pubmed: 12 6 2024
entrez: 11 6 2024
Statut: aheadofprint

Résumé

The International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP), recently expressed concern that "a shortage of investment in training, education, research, and infrastructure seen in many sectors and countries may compromise society's ability to properly manage radiation risks" and in 2022 announced the "Vancouver call for action to strengthen expertise in radiological protection worldwide". As representatives of organisations in formal relations with ICRP, we decided to promote this position paper to declare and emphasise that strengthening the expertise in radiological protection is a collective priority for all of us.

Identifiants

DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmp.2024.103392 PMID: 38862325
pubmed: 38862325
pii: S1120-1797(24)00187-X
doi: 10.1016/j.ejmp.2024.103392
pii:
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Sous-ensembles de citation

IM

Pagination

103392

Informations de copyright

Copyright © 2024 Associazione Italiana di Fisica Medica e Sanitaria. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts

Declaration of competing interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.

Auteurs

Lorenzo Nicola Mazzoni (LN)

EFOMP, Azienda USL Toscana Centro, Department of Hospital Network, Medical Physics Unit Prato-Pistoia, San Jacopo Hospital, via Ciliegiole 97, 51100 Pistoia, Italy. Electronic address: mazzoniln@gmail.com.

John Damilakis (J)

University of Crete, School of Medicine, Crete, Greece.

Bernard Le Guen (B)

International Radiation Protection Association (IRPA), France.

Siamak Haghdoost (S)

University of Stockholm, University of Caen, Normandy, Multidisciplinary European Low Dose Initiative (MELODI), EU, Sweden.

Annette Röttger (A)

Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt, Chair of the European Metrology Network for Radiation Protection (EMN RP), EU, Germany.

Teemu Siiskonen (T)

Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority (STUK), Finland.

Ruth McBurney (R)

Conference of Radiation Control Program Directors, Inc., 201 Brighton Park Blvd, Suite 1, Frankfort, KY, USA.

Miroslav Pinak (M)

International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna International Centre, PO Box 100, A-1400 Vienna, Austria.

Rodney Croft (R)

Wollongong University, Australia.

Gunde Ziegelberger (G)

Competence Centre for Electromagnetic Fields, Department of Effects and Risks of Ionizing and Non-Ionizing Radiation, Federal Office for Radiation Protection, Germany.

Meritxell Martell (M)

Secretary of SHARE platform on social sciences and humanities in ionising radiation research, Merience, Llimoner, 30, 08734 Olèrdola, Barcelona, Spain.

Sama Bilbao Y Leon (S)

Director General, World Nuclear Association, UK.

Marcel Lips (M)

World Nuclear Association - Radiological Protection Working Group, UK/Goesgen Nuclear Power Plant, P.O. Box, CH-4658 Daeniken, Switzerland.

Kathryn A Higley (KA)

National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements, Bethesda, MD, USA.

Efi Koutsouveli (E)

EFOMP, Department of Medical Physics, Hygeia Hospital, Athens, Greece.

Paddy Gilligan (P)

EFOMP, Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland.

Borislava Batandjieva-Metcalf (B)

Secretary of the United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation (UNSCEAR), Vienna, Austria.

Jing Chen (J)

Chair of the United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation (UNSCEAR), Vienna, Austria.

Michael Lassmann (M)

EANM, University Hospital Würzburg, Germany.

Jens Kurth (J)

EANM, Rostock University Medical Centre, Germany.

Søren Holm (S)

EANM, Copenhagen University Hospital - Rigshospitalet, Denmark.

Michel Koole (M)

EANM, KU Leuven, Belgium.

Filip Vanhavere (F)

SCK CEN, Belgian Nuclear Research Centre, Belgium.

Oliver Hupe (O)

Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt, Germany.

Jean-Luc Lachaume (JL)

Heads of the European Radiological Protection Competent Authorities (HERCA), EU.

Joanne Stewart (J)

EUTERP Foundation, The Netherlands.

Julie Lucey (J)

EUTERP Foundation, The Netherlands.

Vincent Gregoire (V)

Chairman of the International Commission on Radiation Units and Measurements (ICRU), Radiation Oncology Department, Centre Léon Bérard, 28 Rue Laennec, 69008, Lyon, France.

Thomas Rockwell Mackie (T)

University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA.

Laura J Atwell (LJ)

International Commission on Radiation Units and Measurements (ICRU), Bethesda, USA.

Chuan Wang (C)

Information System on Occupational Exposure (ISOE) chair, France.

Fieke Dekkers (F)

RIVM, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Multidisciplinary European Low Dose Initiative (MELODI), EU, the Netherlands.

Bernd Lorenz (B)

European Nuclear Installations Safety Standards Initiative (ENISS), Belgium.

Tapani Eurajoki (T)

European Nuclear Installations Safety Standards Initiative (ENISS), Fortum Power and Heat Oy, POB 100, FI-00048 Fortum, Finland.

Susan Molyneux-Hodgson (S)

President of SHARE platform on social sciences and humanities in ionising radiation research, Department of Sociology, Philosophy and Anthropology, University of Exeter, UK.

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