Association of University Radiation Protection Officers

Useful Documents and Links

AURPO
SRP & AURPO Joint Position Statement on 5G Transmitters (2020)
Veterinary Radiation Blog (2021)

Environment Agency/SEPA
The Environment Agency on the Principles for the Assessment of Prospective Public Doses arising from Authorised Discharges of Radioactive Waste to the Environment (2012)
Updates from the EA (2020)

Health and Safety Executive
Updates from the HSE (2020)

SRP
Radiation Controlled Area and Equipment Handover Form (2018)

EUTERP
The EUTERP Foundation is recognised by its Associates, National Contact Points and the European Competent Authorities as the focus for radiation protection training information for RPEs, RPOs and radiation workers.  Resources (2021)

Journal of Radiological Protection (Selected articles):
The status of the radiation safety culture within the higher education, research and teaching sectors in the UK (2020)
Integration of risks from multiple hazards into a holistic ALARA/ALARP demonstration (2018)
The advantages of creating a positive radiation safety culture in the higher education and research sectors (2015)
Strategies for engaging with future radiation protection professionals: a public outreach case study (2015)
A fit for purpose training programme for the decontamination of personnel (2015)
Evidence for age-related performance degradation of 241Am foil sources commonly used in UK schools (2014)

Other
Information on Managing Collections of Radioactive Items including Radium Dials (2020) Rowe, S., 2018. Managing Small Radioactive Collections in the UK: Experiences from the Polar Museum, Cambridge. Journal of Conservation and Museum Studies, 16(1), p.4. DOI: http://doi.org/10.5334/jcms.166
NPL Good Practice Guide No.113 – The examination and testing of electronic personal dosemeters (2011)
Radioactivity in Food and the Environment, 2009 RIFE – 15 [Link 1] [Link 2]
HPA-CRCE-012 – Frequency and collective dose for medical and dental X-ray examinations in the UK, 2008
Laboratoire National Henri Becquerel Nuclear Data Table. Recommended data (decay schemes, transitions emissions etc.) for more than 200 radionuclides with detailed comments describing how these values were obtained.