International Radiation Protection Association

Abbreviation| IRPA
Formation| 19 June 1965

Region

| Global

President

| Bernard le Guen

Vice-President

| Christopher Clement
Website| www.irpa.net

The International Radiation Protection Association (IRPA) is an independent non-profit association of national and regional radiation protection societies, and its mission is to advance radiation protection throughout the world. It is the international professional association for radiation protection.[1]

IRPA is recognized by the IAEA as a Non Governmental Organization (NGO) and is an observer on the IAEA Radiation Safety Standards Committee (RASSC).[2]

IRPA was formed on June 19, 1965, at a meeting in Los Angeles; stimulated by the desire of radiation protection professionals to have a world-wide body. Membership includes 50 Associate Societies covering 65 countries, totaling approximately 18,000 individual members.[3][4]

International policy relationships in radiological protection

## Contents

* 1 Structure
* 2 Associate societies
* 3 List of International Congresses
* 3.1 Past Congresses
* 4 International Cooperation
* 4.1 Inter-Governmental Organizations
* 4.2 Non-Governmental Organizations
* 4.3 Professional Organizations
* 5 Awards
* 5.1 Rolf M. Sievert Award
* 6 See also
* 7 References
* 8 External links

## Structure

The General Assembly, made up of representatives from the Associate Societies, is the representative body of the Association. It delegates authority to the Executive Council for the efficient administration of the affairs of the Association.

Specific duties are carried out by IRPA Commissions, Committees, Task Groups and Working Groups:

* Commission on Publications
* Societies Admission and Development Committee
* International Congress Organising Committee
* International Congress Programme Committee
* Montreal Fund Committee
* Radiation Protection Strategy and Practice Committee
* Regional Congresses Co-ordinating Committee
* Rules Committee
* Sievert Award Committee
* Task Group on Security of Radioactive Sources
* Task Group on Public Understanding of Radiation Risk
* Working Group on Radiation Protection Certification and Qualification

## Associate societies

The following is a list of the 50 Associate Societies (covering 65 countries):

State | Member Organisation | Date of membership[5]

|
|

Argentina  | Sociedad Argentina de Radioprotección  | 1966
Australasian  | Australasian Radiation Protection Society

( Australia & New Zealand)

| 1976 for Australia

1999 for Australasian

Austria  | Österreichischer Verband für Strahlenschutz  | 1966
Belgium  | Belgian Association for Radiological Protection  | 1965
Brazil  | Sociedade Brasileira de Proteção Radiológica  | 1989
Bulgaria  | Bulgarian Association of Radiobiology and Radiation Protection  | 2007
Cameroon  | Cameroon Radiological Protection Society  | 2013
Canada  | Canadian Radiation Protection Association  | 1979
China  | Chinese Society of Radiation Protection  | 1989
Colombia  | Asociación Colombiana de Protección Radiológica  | 2008
Croatia  | Croatian Radiation Protection Association  | 1992
Cuba  | Cuban Physics Society, Radiation Protection Section  | 1997
Cyprus  | Cyprus Association of Medical Physics and BioMeedical Engineering  | 1992
Czech Republic  | Czech Society for Radiation Protection  | 1968
Eastern Africa  | Eastern Africa Association for Radiation Protection

( Burundi,  Ethiopia,  Kenya,  Rwanda,  Somalia,  Tanzania,  Uganda)

| 2004
Egypt  | IRPA Egypt Radiation Protection  | 1992
France  | Société Française de Radioprotection  | 1965
German-Swiss  | German-Swiss Association for Radiation Protection

( Germany & Switzerland)

| 1965
Ghana  | Ghana Association for Radiation Protection  | 2016
Greece  | Greek Radiation Protection Association  | 1988
Hungary  | Health Physics Section of the Roland Eötvös Physical Society  | 1966
India  | Indian Association for Radiation Protection  | 1969
Iran  | Iranian Radiation Protection Society  | 2011
Ireland  | Irish Radiation Research Society  | 1984
Israel  | Israel Society for Radiation Protection  | 1965
Italy  | Associazione Italiana di Radioprotezione  | 1965
Japan  | Japan Health Physics Society  | 1965
Korea  | Korean Society for Radiation Protection (ko)  | 1976
Lithuania  | Radiacines saugos centras  | 2002
Madagascar  | Institut National des Sciences et Techniques Nucléaires  | 1999
Malaysia  | Malaysian Radiation Protection Association  | 2006
Mexico  | Sociedad Mexicana de Seguridad Radiológica  | 1976
Morocco  | Association Marocaine de Radioprotection  | 2004
Netherlands  | Nederlandse Vereniging voor Stralingshygiëne  | 1965
Nigeria  | Nigeria Society for Radiation Protection  | 2016
Nordic  | Nordic Society for Radiation Protection

( Denmark,  Finland,  Iceland,  Norway,  Sweden)

| 1965
Peru  | Sociedad Peruana de Radioproteccion  | 1989
Philippines  | Philippine Association for Radiation Protection  | 1966
Poland  | Polskie Towarzystwo Fizyki Medycznej  | 1970
Portugal  | Sociedade Portuguesa De Protecção Contra Radiacoes  | 1995
Romania  | Societatea Romana De Radioprotectie  | 1992
Russia  | Sectiya Radiazionnoy Gigieny of Russia  | 1972
Serbia-Montenegro  | Radiation Protection Society of Serbia and Montenegro

( Serbia & Montenegro)

Slovak Republic  | Slovak Society of Nuclear Medicine and Radiation Hygiene  | 1995
Slovenia  | Radiation Protection Association of Slovenia  | 1992
Southern Africa  | Southern African Radiation Protection Association

( South Africa,  Namibia,  Botswana)

| 1969
Spain  | Sociedad Española de Protección Radiológica[6] | 1982
Tunisia  | Tunisian Radiation Protection Society  | 2015
United Kingdom  | Society for Radiological Protection | 1965
Uruguay  | Uruguayan Society of Radioprotection  | 1999
USA  | Health Physics Society | 1965
Venezuela  | Sociedad Venezolana de Protección Radiológica  | 2012

## List of International Congresses

The 2032 Congress (IRPA18) will be in Australia.

The 2028 Congress (IRPA17) will be in Spain.

### Past Congresses

IRPA 16 Orlando, July 2024

IRPA 15 Seoul, January 2021

IRPA 14 Cape Town, May 2016

IRPA 13 Glasgow, May 2012

IRPA 12 Buenos Aires, October 2008

IRPA 11 Madrid, May 2004

IRPA 10 Hiroshima, May 2000

IRPA 9 Vienna, April 1996

IRPA 8 Montreal, May 1992

IRPA 7 Sydney, April 1988

IRPA 6 Berlin, May 1984

IRPA 5 Jerusalem, March 1980

IRPA 4 Paris, April 1977

IRPA 3 Washington, September 1973

IRPA 2 Brighton, May 1970

IRPA 1 Rome, September 1966

## International Cooperation

IRPA maintains relations with many other international organizations in the field of radiation protection, such as those listed here.

### Inter-Governmental Organizations

IAEA- International Atomic Energy Agency

ILO- International Labour Organization
NEA- Nuclear Energy Agency
UNSCEAR- United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation
WHO- World Health Organization

### Non-Governmental Organizations

ICNIRP- International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection

ICRP- International Commission on Radiological Protection
ICRU- International Commission on Radiation Units and Measurements
ISO- International Organization for Standardization

### Professional Organizations

IOMP - International Organization for Medical Physics

ISR - International Society of Radiology
ISRO - International Society for Radiation Oncology
WFNMB - World Federation of Nuclear Medicine and Biology

## Awards

### Rolf M. Sievert Award

Commencing with the 1973 IRPA Congress, each International Congress has been opened by the Sievert Lecture which is presented by the winner of the Sievert Award. This award is in honour of Rolf M. Sievert, a pioneer in radiation physics and radiation protection.

The Sievert Award consists of a suitable scroll, certificate or parchment, containing the name of the recipient, the date it is presented, and an indication that the award honours the memory of Professor Rolf M. Sievert.

The recipients of the Sievert Award are listed below:[7]

* 1962: W Binks & Karl Z. Morgan
* 1965: William Valentine Mayneord (United Kingdom), The Time Factor in Carcinogenesis Health Physics 34 (April), pp 297–309, 1978
* 1973: Lauriston S. Taylor (USA), Some Nonscientific Influences on Radiation Protection Standards and Practice Health Physics 39 (December), pp 851–874, 1980
* 1981: sir Edward E. Pochin (United Kingdom), Sieverts and Safety Health Physics 46(6), pp 1173–1179, 1984
* 1985: Shinji Takahashi[8]
* 1989: Bo Lindell (sv) (Sweden), Radiation and Man Health Physics 31 (September), pp 265–272, 1976
* 1993: Itsuzo Shigematsu (Japan), Lessons from Atomic Bomb Survivors in Hiroshima and Nagasaki Health Physics 78(3), pp 234–241, 2000
* 2000: Angelina Guskova
* 2004: Richard Doll
* 2008: K Sankaranarayanan
* 2012: Keith Eckerman
* 2016: Ethel Gilbert
* 2020: Dale Preston

## See also

* Radioactivity
* Ionizing radiation
* Radiation protection
* International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
* International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP)
* United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation (UNSCEAR)
* International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection (ICNIRP)
* Index of radiation articles

## References

1. ↑ IRPA. "History of IRPA". IRPA. http://www.irpa.net/page.asp?id=10. )
2. ↑ IRPA EXECUTIVE COUNCIL REPORT FOR THE TERM 2012 – 2016. "IRPA Executive report 2012-2016". IRPA. http://www.irpa.net/members/3/{7EA772AF-BA5A-4DF9-A575-5803A091FC5E}/IRPA EC report 2012-2016.pdf.
3. ↑ "International Radiation Protection Association official website, More about IRPA". http://www.irpa.net/page.asp?id=3.
4. ↑ César (2023-01-13). "Sociedades científicas aconsejan minimizar la contaminación electromagnética del uso del móvil" (in es). https://www.tercerainformacion.es/articulo/ciencia/tecnologia/13/01/2023/sociedades-cientificas-aconsejan-minimizar-la-contaminacion-electromagnetica-del-uso-del-movil/.
5. ↑ "IRPA - Admission of Associate Societies". https://www.irpa.net/page.asp?id=111.
6. ↑ Sociedad Española de Protección Radiológica
7. ↑ "ICRP". https://www.icrp.org/page.asp?id=411.
8. ↑ Doi, Kunio; Morita, Kozo; Sakuma, Sadayuki; Takahashi, Masaki (2012). "Shinji Takahashi, M.D. (1912–1985): Pioneer in early development toward CT and IMRT". Radiological Physics and Technology 5 (1): 1–4. doi:10.1007/s12194-011-0131-4. PMID 21997124.

## External links

* IRPA website

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Radiation protection

Main articles|

* Background radiation
* Dosimetry
* Health physics
* Ionizing radiation
* Internal dosimetry
* Radioactive contamination
* Radioactive sources
* Radiobiology

Measurement
quantities & units|

* Absorbed dose
* Becquerel
* Committed dose
* Computed tomography dose index
* Counts per minute
* Effective dose
* Equivalent dose
* Gray
* Mean glandular dose
* Monitor unit
* Rad
* Roentgen
* Rem
* Sievert

Instruments and
measurement techniques|

* Airborne radioactive particulate monitoring
* Dosimeter
* Geiger counter
* Ion chamber
* Scintillation counter
* Proportional counter

* Radiation monitoring
* Semiconductor detector
* Survey meter
* Whole-body counting

Protection techniques|

* Lead shielding
* Glovebox
* Potassium iodide
* Radon mitigation
* Respirators

Organisations|

* Euratom
* HPS (USA)
* IAEA
* ICRU
* ICRP
* IRPA
* SRP (UK)
* UNSCEAR

Regulation|

* IRR (UK)
* NRC (USA)
* ONR (UK)
* Radiation Protection Convention, 1960

Radiation effects|

* Acute radiation syndrome
* Radiation-induced cancer

See also the categories Medical physics, Radiation effects, Radioactivity, Radiobiology, and Radiation protection

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