First of all, the 17th issue of the Newsletter presents the new legal entity of the European ALARA Network. The second paper deals with the implementation of the EC Council Directive 90/641 EURATOM on radiation protection of outside workers following by the announcement of the corresponding EC/DGTREN seminar. Then, the new ICRP draft document on optimisation of protection is presented. The fourth paper summarizes a thesis on optimization of patient doses linked to image quality in vascular radiology. An analysis of a radiological incident concerning a level gauge system becomes the incident case study n° 17. Finally the last announcement and preliminary program of the 9th EAN Workshop in Augsburg are available with the registration form.
Content- A cooperation charter and a legal entity for the European ALARA Network: a new step in EAN's life
C. Lefaure, P. Croüail, P. Shaw - Implementation of the EC Council Directive 90/641 EURATOM
L. Vaillant, C. Lefaure, K. Schnuer - EC/DGTREN Seminar - Announcement
- Optimisation of Protection - Broadening the process
W. Weiss - Optimisation of patient doses linked to image quality in vascular radiology
L. Struelens - Analysis of a radiological incident (case n° 17)
P. Shaw - ALARA News
- The 18 EAN contact persons
- 9th EAN Workshop