TY - JOUR
T1 - The system of radiological protection and the UN sustainable development goals
AU - Rühm, W.
AU - Applegate, K.
AU - Bochud, F.
AU - Laurier, D.
AU - Schneider, T.
AU - Bouffler, S.
AU - Cho, K.
AU - Clement, C.
AU - German, O.
AU - Hirth, G.
AU - Kai, M.
AU - Liu, S.
AU - Mayall, A.
AU - Romanov, S.
AU - Wojcik, A.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2024.
PY - 2024/11
Y1 - 2024/11
N2 - In 2015 the United Nations issued 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) addressing a wide range of global social, economic, and environmental challenges. The main goal of this paper is to provide an understanding of how the current System of Radiological Protection relates to these SDGs. In the first part it is proposed that the current System of Radiological Protection is implicitly linked to sustainable development. This is substantiated by analysing the features of the current System as set out by the International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP) in its publications. In the second part it is proposed that sustainability should be considered and more explicitly addressed in the next ICRP general recommendations, as part of the currently ongoing review and revision of the current System. A few examples are given of how this could be realised, and it is proposed that this issue should be discussed and developed together with the international community interested in radiological protection.
AB - In 2015 the United Nations issued 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) addressing a wide range of global social, economic, and environmental challenges. The main goal of this paper is to provide an understanding of how the current System of Radiological Protection relates to these SDGs. In the first part it is proposed that the current System of Radiological Protection is implicitly linked to sustainable development. This is substantiated by analysing the features of the current System as set out by the International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP) in its publications. In the second part it is proposed that sustainability should be considered and more explicitly addressed in the next ICRP general recommendations, as part of the currently ongoing review and revision of the current System. A few examples are given of how this could be realised, and it is proposed that this issue should be discussed and developed together with the international community interested in radiological protection.
KW - ICRP
KW - International Commission on Radiological Protection
KW - SDGs
KW - System of Radiological Protection
KW - UN Sustainable Development Goals
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U2 - 10.1007/s00411-024-01089-w
DO - 10.1007/s00411-024-01089-w
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:85203545118
SN - 0301-634X
VL - 63
SP - 469
EP - 482
JO - Radiation and Environmental Biophysics
JF - Radiation and Environmental Biophysics
IS - 4
ER -