The last comprehensive International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP) recommendations have been published in 1991(1). Since that time new data in physics and biology that are relevant for radiological protection have appeared in the scientific literature. Also, the general thinking about safety standards at the workplace as well as for the protection of the public has developed. Thus, a review of the recommendations is needed. However, as the present standards have worked well, these new recommendations should build on the present ones. Only a process of further development should take place allowing for the following key points: The fundamental principles of radiological protection will remain the same as they have been described in ICRP publication 60(1): These documents are: Drafts have been presented on the website of ICRP (www.icrp.org). Many constructive comments have been made which have been evaluated and considered for possible changes. In this publication it is focussed on the chapters with data from physics and biology and only a rough overview of the later parts of the recommendations are given.
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C. Streffer (2007) studied this question.