In this section you can find many references that are useful for E&T in Radiation Protection, some of which are free to download. The hyperlinks are either to a publisher's or seller's site where you can purchase the book, or to a free download site; if a link does not work, please inform us. Please help us add more references by sending details of your favourite publications to the secretary or webmaster.

In addition to the detailed listing, further publications and teaching materials are available from the following websites: ICRP publications, ICRU reports, IAEA scientific and technical publications, UNSCEAR reports, EC radiation protection series and an overview of EC radiation protection legislation.

The reference list is divided into several domains (click on the domain to expand):

General radiation protection

Nuclear physics and chemistry

Detection and dosimetry

Radiobiology and health effects from ionising radiation

Occupational radiation protection

Emergency planning and response

Events and incidents

Radiation protection of the public

Radiation protection of the environment

Transport of radioactive material

Radioactive waste management

Nuclear decommissioning

Nuclear legislation and international recommendations

National references

Radiation protection in nuclear installations

Radiation protection in healthcare

1. Jamie V Trapp, Thomas Kron / An Introduction to Radiation Protection in Medicine / In medical physics and biomedical engineering, CRC Press, 2008 / ISBN 978 158 488 964 9
2. Alan Martin, Sam Harbison, Karen Beach, Peter Cole / An Introduction to Radiation Protection, 6E / CRC Press, 2012 / ISBN 9781444146073
3. Turner J.E. / Atoms, Radiation and Radiation Protection / 3rd Edition, ISBN 978-3-527-40607-7 / Wiley, 2007
4. European Commission / Basic Safety Standards / Council Directive 2013/59
5. IAEA, ILO, AHO, WHO / Building Competence in Radiation Protection and the Safe Use of Radiation Sources / Safety Standards Series RS-G-1.4 / Vienna 2001
6. WHO (editors) / Communicating risks in paediatric radiology / Free publication / ISBN 9789241510349
7. University of Crete, Medical Physics team / COnceptus Dose Estimation (CODE) / Free to use software after registration / CONCERT project
8. Cumo, M. / Decommissioning of old nuclear power plants, experiences and techniques / ICTP lectures, free PDF / Universita de Roma, 2002
9. IAEA / Design and Implementation of a Radiotherapy Program: Clinical, Medical Physics, Radiation Protection and Safety Aspects / IAEA-TECDOC 1040 / Vienna 1998
10. IAEA / Diagnosis and Treatment of Radiation Injuries / Safety Reports Series No. 2 / Vienna 1998
11. UNSCEAR / Effects of Ionizing Radiation / Report to the General Assembly / 2006
12. EU Radiation Protection Unit / EURATOM Treaty and Legislation
13. EC / European Guidelines on Radiation Protection in Dental Radiology / Free e-book, 2004 / ISBN: 92-894-5958-1
14. Philippe Massiot and Christine Jimonet / European Radiation Protection Course: Basics / EDP Sciences - Technology & Engineering / ISBN 2759816362, 9782759816361
15. HSE/ONR / Fundamental Principles / Technical Assessment Guides / T/AST/004, 2006
16. IAEA / Fundamental Safety Standards No.SF-1 / Fundamental Safety Standards / Vienna 2006
17. ICRP / General Principles for Radiation Protection of Workers / Publication No. 75 / Ann. ICRP 27, Oxford 1997
18. IAEA / Generic Models for Use in Assessing the Impact of Discharges of Radioactive Substances to the Environment / Safety Reports Series No.19 / Vienna 2001
19. IAEA / Generic Procedures for Medical Response During a Nuclear or Radiological Emergency / EPR-Medical / Vienna 2005
20. Hans-Gerrit Vogt , Heinrich Schulz / Grundzüge des praktischen Strahlenschutzes / Editor: Hanser, 5th Edition, 2010 / ISBN 978-3-446-42037-3
21. HSE/ONR / Guidance to the demonstration of ALARP / Technical Assessment Guides / T/AST/005, 2015
22. Carlton Stoiber / Handbook on Nuclear Law / IAEA, 2003
23. IAEA / Health Surveillance of Persons Occupationally Exposed to Ionizing Radiation: Guidance for Occupational Physicians / Safety Reports Series No. 5 / Vienna 1998
24. UNSCEAR / Hereditary Effects of Radiation / 2001
25. INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY / IAEA Nuclear Safety and Security Glossary / IAEA/NSS/GLO, 246 pp., 6 figs; 2022; ISBN: 978-92-0-141822-7
26. Balashov V. V. / Interaction of particles and radiation with matter / ISBN 978-3-642-64383-5 / Springer 1997
27. IAEA, FAO, ILO, OECD, PHO, WHO / International Basic Safety Standards for Protection against Ionizing Radiation and for the Safety of Radiation Sources / Safety Standard No. GSR Part 3 / Vienna 2014
28. Hodgson P.E., Gadioli E., Gadioli-Erba E. / Introductory Nuclear Physics / ISBN 978-0-198-51897-6 / Oxford University Press, 1997
29. Krane K.S. / Introductory Nuclear Physics Wiley / ISBN 978-0-471-80553-3 / 3rd edition, October 22, 1987
30. UK / Ionising Radiation Regulations / 1999
31. IRPA Working Group / IRPA-Guiding principles for establishing a radiation protection culture / irpa.net
32. IAEA / Legal and Governmental Infrastructure for Nuclear, Radiation, Radioactive Waste and Transport Safety Requirements / Safety Standards Series No.GS-R-1 / 2001
33. IAEA / Lessons Learned from Accidental Exposures in Radiotherapy / Safety Reports Series No. 17 / Vienna 2000
34. Blanc D. / L’électronique nucléaire / Presses Universitaires De France 1992
35. IPEM / Medical and Dental Guidance Notes / MDGN / York, 2002
36. Loveland W.D., Morrissey D.J., Seaborg G.T / Modern Nuclear Chemistry / ISBN 978-0-471-11532-8 / Wiley, Hoboken (New Jersey) 2006
37. Martin, B.R. / Nuclear and Particle Physics / ISBN 978-0-476-74275-4 2nd edition / Wiley, 2009, also available as an e-book
38. Bayliss C., Langley K. / Nuclear Decommissioning, Waste Management and Environmental Site Remediation / ISBN 978-0-080537788 also e-book / Elsevier, 2003
39. Lilley J. / Nuclear Physics. Principles and Applications / ISBN 978-0-471-97936-4 / Chichester, Wiley 2001
40. Cumo M., Tripputi I., Spezia U. / Nuclear Plants Decommissioning / ISBN 978-8890081200 / Universita De Roma, 2002
41. Lapp R.E., Andrews H.L / Nuclear Radiation Physics / ISBN 978-0-136-25988-6 / Engelwood Cliffs (N.J.), Prentice Hall 1972
42. IAEA / Occupational Radiation Protection / Safety Standards Series No. RS-G-1.1 / 2018
43. IAEA / Operational radiation protection and radioactive waste management for research reactors - training material / Training course series No 62 / IAEA-TCS-62/CD
44. OSPAR / OSPAR Treaty, Radioactive Substances Strategy
45. Povh B., Rith, K., Scholz Ch., Zetschke F. / Particles and Nuclei / ISBN 978-3-662-46321-5 (e-book), also available in hard cover / Springer, Berlin 2015
46. Blanc D. / Physique nucléaire / Free PDF available to download / Masson, 1980
47. C.J. Martin and D.G. Sutton (editors) / Practical Radiation Protection in Healthcare / 2nd edition / Oxford University Press, ISBN 978-0-19-965521-2
48. IAEA / Practical Radiation Technical Manual: Personal Protective Equipment / Practical Radiation Technical Manuals 200 / Vienna 2004
49. IAEA / Preparedness and Response for a Nuclear or Radiological Emergency / Safety Requirement GS-R-2 / Vienna 2002
50. ICRP / Principles of Monitoring for the Radiation Protection of the Population / Publication 43 / Ann. ICRP 15 (1), 1985
51. Eichholz G.G., Poston J.W. / Principles of nuclear radiation detection / 1985 / ISBN 0-87371-062-2
52. ICRP / Protection of the public in situations of prolonged radiation exposure / Publication No 82
53. ICRU / Quantities and Units in Radiation Protection Dosimetry / Report No. 51 / Bethesda, MD 1993
54. Knoll G. F. / Radiation detection and measurement / 4th edition 2010, available as hardcover or e-book / Wiley
55. Hussein E.M.A. / Radiation Mechanics - Principles and Practice / ISBN 978-0-080450537 / Elsevier, Oxford and Amsterdam 2007
56. Podgorsak E.B. / Radiation Physics for Medical Physicists / ISBN 978-3-642-00875-7 (e-book) / Springer, Berlin 2006, 2010 for e-book
57. IAEA / Radiation Protection and Radioactive Waste Management in the Operation of Nuclear Power Plants / IAEA Safety Guide NS-G-2.7 / Vienna 2002
58. IAEA / Radiation Protection Aspects of Design for Nuclear Power Plants / IAEA Safety Guide NS-G-1.13 / Vienna 2005
59. Vetter, R.J. and Stoeva, M.S. / Radiation protection in medical imaging and radiation oncology / 2015 CRC Press / ISBN 9781482245370
60. IAEA / Radiation Protection Programmes for the Transport of Radioactive material / Safety Guide TS-G-1.3 / Vienna, 2007
61. UNEP / Radiation: effects and sources / United Nations Environment Programme, 2016 Printed in Austria / ISBN: 978-92-807-3517-8
62. Magill J., Gally J. / Radioactivity, Radionuclides, Radiation / ISBN 978-3-540-26881-9 / Springer, Berlin 2005
63. Tubiana Mauricej, et al / Radiobiologie / ISBN 978-2705665302 / Hermann Médecine, edition 2008
64. HSE/ONR / Radiological Protection / Technical Assessment Guides / T/AST/038, 2014
65. ICRP / Radiological Protection and Safety in Medicine / Publication No. 73 / Ann 26 2, Elsevier Science Ltd,Oxford 1996
66. Shaw J. / Reactor Operation / Available as an e-book / Pergamon Press, 1969
67. ICRP / Recommendations of the International Commission on Radiological Protection / Publication No 60 (superseded by Publication 103) / 1990
68. ICRP / Recommendations of the International Commission on Radiological Protection / Publication No 103 / 2008
69. IAEA / Regulatory Control of Discharges to the Environment / Safety Standards Series No. WS-G-2.3 / Vienna 2000
70. IAEA / Restoration of Environments with Radioactive Residues / Proc. Int. Symp. Arlington, USA, 2000
71. HSE / Safety Assessment Principles for Nuclear Facilities / 2006
72. IAEA / Selection of decommissioning strategies: Issues and factors / TECDOC-1478 / Vienna 2005
73. UNSCEAR / Sources and Effects of Ionizing Radiation / Report to the General Assembly / 2000
74. IAEA / State of the Art Technology for Decontamination and Dismantling of Nuclear Facilities / Technical Report Series No.395 / Vienna 1999
75. Firestone R.B. / Table of isotopes / Jul 19, 1999
76. IAEA / Table of Isotopes - interactive / Nuclear Data series / Live Chart of nuclides
77. Wilson P.D. (Editor) / The Nuclear Fuel Cycle / Oxford Science Publications, 1996
78. IAEA / The Principles of Radioactive Waste Management / Safety Series No. 111-F / Vienna 1995
79. UK / The Radiation (Emergency Preparedness and Public Information) Regulations (REPPIR) / 2001
80. IAEA / The Safe Use of Radiation Sources / Training Course Series No. 6 / Vienna 1995
81. IAEA / Training in Radiation Protection and the Safe Use of Radiation Sources / Safety Reports Series No. 20 / Vienna 2001
82. HSE / Work with Ionising Radiation- Ionising Radiation Regulations 1999 Approved Code of Practice and Guidance / L-121 / HSE Books, 2000