The Committee agreed to the proposal to extend report on radon to exposure to general public. Lifetime dose for radiation workers would also be discussed in the next meeting.
The following individuals were selected as members of the Commission: T. Maruyama, A.K Poznanski, and G.H Wu. B. Lindell and D.J Beninson were re-elected as Chairman and Vice-Chairman.
The Commission invited Prof. S. Takahashi to become an emeritus member.
The Commission invited a number of individuals to serve in Committees 1-4.
The Commission gave feedback on Report on Optimisation indicating that the report should be simplified, shortened and that the audience of the report should be better stated. It was restated that the Commission is concerned primarily with keeping doses as low as reasonably achievable and leaving the concepts of optimisation to other fields where it is used extensively.
The Commission reviewed ICRP Revision Publications 12, 13, and 15 providing extensive feedback. It was agreed that ICRP-12, 13 were too long and needed to be adjusted.
A review of ICRP work since 1977 was conducted and the Commission agreed that revision of current recommendations would not be started for another 4 years.
The Commission received work updates from Committees 1-4 regarding progress on reports. The following decisions were reached by the Commission.
C1 – The Commission agreed it would welcome a report on Risks to the Embryo and Foetus.
C2 – The Commission accepted the proposal to invite Mr. T. Jones to become a member of the TG on Radiopharmaceuticals. It was also agreed that dosimetry should be done in C2 and general principles be described in C3 TG report.
C3 – The Commission agreed to the proposal of Committee’s work, but suggested to delete Section 3 on the ICRP System of Dose Limitation because the report is not an exegesis of the Commission’s recommendations.
C4 – The Commission requested work outlines for Revision of ICRP 10, 10A, 24, and 7. Extensive discussion was had regarding dose limits to public and to radiation workers. It was decided that the TG on dose limit for background leave open the possibility of recommending a special limit. The Commission decided that a TG on Protection of Public in Radiation Accidents was not yet necessary due to lack of relevant data.
The Commission decided to hold the next meeting in December 1981 in Eastbourne UK.