Is the ALARA principle limiting holistic decision-making by sidelining cost considerations? If so, should it be re-examined?

U.S. Department of Energy drops ALARA, challenging global radiation safety norms as reforms and debates intensify.

Radiation protection education and training are key to keep medical practitioners up to speed with the safe uses of the latest technologies, and this was a driver of a recent IAEA meeting. To identify ...

Radiation injury remains a significant clinical and public health concern, affecting both patients undergoing therapeutic radiotherapy and individuals exposed to accidental or environmental sources of ...

The damaging impacts of ionizing radiation on biological tissues are well documented. Since its discovery, mankind has worked to safeguard the public and the army in the case of the employment of ...

The IAEA’s Occupational Radiation Protection Appraisal Service (ORPAS) recently conducted its first ever review of national arrangements for the occupational radiation protection of space crew during ...