Publications

Do not use sunbeds. There is a proven risk of skin cancer associated with using sunbeds, and there is no safe lower limit for exposure to UV radiation from sunbeds.

The quality of absolute photon dosimetry of two linear accelerators at Oslo University Hospital has been audited. The results show a good compliance between the NRPA and the hospital absolute photon dosimetry.

A joint Norwegian-Russian expedition will visit the sunken Russian nuclear submarine Komsomolets in the summer of 2019, 30 years after it sank in the Norwegian Sea while carrying two nuclear torpedoes. Previous Russian expeditions have shown that releases from the reactor have occurred and the submarine has suffered considerable damage.

The new European directive on radiation protection reinforces the requirements for justification of medical exposures. The Nordic radiation protection authorities recommend the integration of level 2 justification into established methods for assessments of new health technologies as one approach to strengthen the justification process.