Norwegian Radiation Protection Authority

About: Norwegian Radiation Protection Authority is a government organization based out in Oslo, Norway. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Population & Arctic. The organization has 228 authors who have published 500 publications receiving 12228 citations. The organization is also known as: NRPA & Norwegian Radiation Protection Authority.

Environmental monitoring results from the third periodic evaluation of progress towards the objective of the OSPAR radioactive substances strategy

Abstract: The general objective of the OSPAR radioactive substances strategy is to prevent pollution of the maritime area from ionising radiation through progressive and substantial reductions of discharges, emissions and losses of radioactive substances, so that concentrations in the environment are close to background for naturally occurring radioactive substances and close to zero for artificial radioactive substances. The third periodic evaluation of progress towards the objective of the OSPAR radioactive substances strategy concludes that, due to issues concerning the availability of reported data, it is not possible to come to firm conclusions as to whether the aims of the OSPAR radioactive substances strategy are currently being delivered. However, in general there is an indication of a reduction in average marine concentrations of selected radionuclides associated with the nuclear industry, while doses arising from these selected radionuclides in the OSPAR maritime area to humans are well within internationally recommended limits and are below the lowest levels at which any effects are likely to occur for marine biota.

How ‘do’s’ and ‘dont’s’ can be of significant importance in radiation protection: a case report

Abstract: The Norwegian Radiation Protection Authority (NRPA) was contacted by a cardiology department because of a suspicious radiation burn on a patient. The patient had undergone two bi-ventricular pacemaker implantations and the lesion was recognised as radiation dermatitis. The NRPA sent sets of thermoluminescense dosemeters to the department to measure the skin dose on eight successive patients undergoing bi-ventricular pacemaker implantations. The average maximum entrance surface dose for the eight patients was 5.3 Gy, ranging from 2.0 to 13.1 Gy. A site audit was performed during a procedure, with the aim to observe the general skills in radiation protection. Based on the findings in the audit, a few very simple 'Do's' and 'Don'ts' were highlighted in a meeting directly after the audit. After the audit, dose measurements were performed on six new patients showing an average maximum entrance surface dose of 0.4 Gy, ranging from 0.2 to 0.8 Gy. The aim of this work was to illustrate the dose reductions that are possible to achieve with a very few basic advices, especially when the operator has suboptimal competence.