Fassò A, Rokni S
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA.
Radiat Prot Dosimetry. 2009 Nov;137(1-2):94-9. doi: 10.1093/rpd/ncp189. Epub 2009 Sep 26.
This paper considers the historical evolution of the concept of optimisation of radiation exposures, as commonly expressed by the acronym ALARA, and discusses its application to various aspects of radiation protection at high-energy accelerators.