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Typical effective doses, equivalent periods of natural background radiation and lifetime fatal cancer risks from diagnostic medical exposures.
Comparison of doses from sources of exposure.
This report (RCE-9) provides information on the health effects in the embryo or fetus following exposure to ionising radiation during pregnancy.
These documents include an introduction to lasers and laser safety and guidelines on the safety of hand-held laser pointers and laser pens.
Information on protecting yourself from radiation, including how to remove radioactive contamination from yourself.
This handbook (NRPB-W7) is a technical guide for radiation specialists participating in NAIR.
Space weather events pose a risk to technology, infrastructure, electrical systems and, to a limited extent, public health.
Information on sources of natural and man-made ionising radiation, damaging effects and protection from exposure.
This report (RCE-2) provides advice on the designation of radioactively contaminated land in response to proposals from Defra.
This document (RCE-3) presents the conclusions of a review of the basis for establishing health-based protection criteria in the areas of chemicals, ionising radiation, and non-ionising radiation.
This protocol sets out nationally agreed methods for monitoring patient doses from routine x-ray examinations.
An epidemiological study comparing the health of those exposed to nuclear weapons tests to a group of personnel not exposed to radiation.
Report on Public Health England's recommended consequence assessment methodology, to meet the REPPIR 2019 requirements.
This report (HPA-RPD-019) gives guidance on all aspects of dose assessment to reference groups from the routine operations of nuclear sites.
This report (HPA-CRCE-048) reviews the International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP) system of radiological protection and clarifies the meaning of reliability.
Ultraviolet protection factors (UPF) and sun protection factors - how they're measured for clothing and suntan cream.
Guidance on how to recover from a chemical, biological or radiation (CBRN) incident, including HazMat.
The estimates as recommended by Public Health England.
Review of the UK’s approach to regulating radioactive liquid discharges, particularly those containing very low levels of radionuclides.
Information about remediation extracted from the UK national radon database maintained by Public Health England.
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