Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 1992, published 79th ILC session (1992)

Radiation Protection Convention, 1960 (No. 115) - Russian Federation (Ratification: 1967)

The Committee notes the information supplied in the Government's latest report indicating that the substantive revision (after the consequences of the Chernobyl atomic station) of the Fundamental Sanitary Rules for Work with Radioactive Substances and Other Sources of Ionising Radiation (OSP-73/80) and of the Standards of Radiation Safety (NRB-76) is being concluded and that, following the results of this work and the adoption of the texts, the documents will be sent immediately to the Office. In this regard, the Committee would call the Government's attention to its General Observation under this Convention which sets forth, inter alia, the revised exposure limits established on the basis of new physiological findings by the International Commission on Radiological Protection in its 1990 Recommendations (Publication No. 60), and also deals with the limitation of occupational exposure during and after an emergency. The Committee would recall that, under Article 3, paragraph 1, and Article 6, paragraph 2, of the Convention, all appropriate steps shall be taken to ensure effective protection of workers against ionising radiations and to review maximum permissible doses of ionising radiations in the light of current knowledge. The Government is requested to indicate the steps taken or being considered in relation to the matters raised in the conclusions to the General Observation.