IRPA World Congress – Radiation Protection

The International Radiation Protection Association (IRPA) World Congress will take place May 9-13, 2016 in Cape Town, South Africa.

This year’s theme, “Practicing Radiation Protection: Sharing the Experience and New Challenges” reflects one of the primary goal of IRPA – to promote global acceptance of the fundamental radiation protection principles of justification, optimization and limitation as recommended by the International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP).

Another area of special priority focus is the promotion of public understanding of radiation risks through the sharing of experience and identified good practices amongst our members in this regard.

Highlighted sessions include:

• Worker protection
• Public protection
• Patient protection
• Environmental protection
• Emergency preparedness and management
• Transportation of radioactive materials
• Safety and risk assessment
• Dosimetry
• Decommissioning
• Waste management
• Remediation Justification
• Optimization of protection
• Design of new installations
• Radon safety
• Sealed source management

Please visit the IRPA World Congress website for more information and registration.