A commentary on some inconsistencies in the icrp 2005 recommendations: exclusion levels

The International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP) 2005 Recommendations, which were released at the International Radiation Protection Association's congress held in Madrid (May 2004), have been available for public comment via the ICRP's Web site. The comment period has now closed and the Recommendations are presumably being re-worked. There are several inconsistencies in the Recommendations and they are exemplified by looking at the exclusion levels in more detail. The relevant text of the Recommendations is included in this paper as an . It is suggested that the International Atomic Energy Agency's approach is more balanced where each nuclide receives its own exclusion level instead of the incomplete and arbitrary categories proposed by the ICRP.