Ionising Radiation (Basic Safety Standards and Justification of Practices) Regulations 2019

The Ionising Radiation (Basic Safety Standards and Justification of Practices) Regulations 2019 lays down basic safety standards for protection against the dangers arising from exposure to ionising radiation and is made up of the following parts;

Part 1 – General Information and Interpretation

Part 2 – Land and Other Exposer Situations

• Reg 4 -Measures to be taken in relation to exposures from land
• Reg 5 – Provision of information concerning public exposures from radioactive contaminated land
• Reg 6 – Measures to be taken in other exposure situations

Part 3 – Building Material

Part 4 – Radon

• Reg 8 – Indoor exposure to radon
• Reg 9 – Requirement to make available to the public information regarding radon
• Reg 10 - Radon action plan
• Reg 11 - New buildings
• Reg 12 - Areas of high radon concentration

Part 5 – Orphan Sources

• Reg 13 – Identification of orphan sources
• Reg 14 – Action to recover orphan sources left behind by past practices

Part 6 – Personal Ornaments and Toys

• Reg 15 – Addition of radioactive substances to personal ornaments or toys

Part 7 – Justification of Practices Involving Ionising Radiation

• Reg 7 – Justification of classes or types of practices

Part 8 – Justification of Practices Involving Non-Medical Imaging Exposure

• Reg 17 – Identification of imaging practices
• Reg 18 – Approval of imaging practices
• Reg 19 Individual justification and regular review
• Reg 20 – Dose constraints
• Reg 21 – Consent 

Justification is one of the key principles of radiological protection established by the International Commission on Radiological. The principle of justification is that no practice involving exposures to radiation should be adopted unless it produces sufficient benefit to the exposed individuals or to society to offset the radiation detriment it causes.