Society for Radiological Protection - The principal UK body concerned with promoting the science and practice of radiation protection.
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Ultraviolet (UV) radiation is ionizing but it is not penetrating, so it can be shielded by thin opaque layers such as sunscreen, clothing, and protective eyewear.
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The grant, in the UK, of a Royal charter in January 2008 to the Society for Radiological Protection (SRP) "assists the Society in its aim to strengthen, maintain and promote standards of competence and recognition of professional progression within the field of radiation protection by enabling qualifying members to use the title “Chartered Radiation Protection Professional”, and the post-nominal letters - (CRadP), subject to the laws of the Society".
This software package was developed by scientists of the Institute of Radiation Protection of the Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health (former GSF - National Research Center for Environmet and Health) with support from the European Commission and University of Siegen, Germany.
They form the legal basis for ionising radiation protection in the United Kingdom (UK), although work with ionising radiation is also controlled in the UK through other statutory instruments such as the Nuclear Installations Act 1965 and the Radioactive Substances Act 1993.
This formally recognised radiation protection as a profession and allowed the creation of the title Chartered Radiation Protection Professional, with suitably qualified members being entitled to use the post-nominal letters CRadP.