SRP Annual Review 2021/22 | Page 13

Events Committee Chair : John Bradshaw , Secretary : Juliet Porter

The Events Committee produces a scientific programme which promotes the science of radiation protection to both members and non-members of SRP and seeks to disseminate both knowledge and any practical learning in an engaging manner .

Following the UK strategy for Covid , the use of webinars and online presentations has increased the dissemination of knowledge to a wider audience which encompasses a range of both members and non-members . The use of this technology enabled the Society to host its first hybrid Annual Conference in July 2021 . This allowed SRP to have a wider reach and has also generated valuable feedback to take into the planning of events in 2022 .

Following its successful launch in 2020 the one-hour webinar programme continues to be well received and 13 webinars were organised during the year . Attendance at each ranged between 168 and 655 and 41 % of members attended at least one webinar . Most of the webinars are uploaded to SRP ' s YouTube channel and can be used by attendees for CPD . The ad hoc Webinar Working Group has now been formally constituted as a sub committee of Events Committee .

Two virtual conferences were held : The Ionising Radiation Metrology Forum and Putting Together Your First Portfolio . In November the Source Security Course took place in person . Face to face events allow not only for the sharing of knowledge , but they also give an opportunity for networking which is a valuable aspect for the radiation protection community , and a key aspect of meeting the Charter objectives . This will continue into 2022 , where a number of inperson events have been scheduled across a variety of formats such as workshops , conferences , and site visits .

Committee for Liaison with IRPA and Partner Societies ( CLIPS ) Chair : Andy Bradley ( BNMS ) Secretary : Phil Tattersall

The Committee ' s work is primarily focused on delivering the Charter Objective to “ promote , advance and disseminate , to the public advantage , knowledge in Radiation Protection ”. The key elements of progress this year include :

• The document ' IRPA Perspective on Reasonableness in the optimisation of radiological protection ' was published .

• A Working Group , reporting to CLIPS , has been formed to coordinate views from SRP and Partner Society members to the IRPA Task Group considering proposed ICRP general recommendations on the system of radiological protection . Two sets of initial comments had been submitted following correspondence between members with the first formal meeting of the Working Group scheduled for February 2022 .

• The French SFRP held a 3rd Workshop in the series on Reasonableness and covered three themes namely ALARA in decommissioning , NORM and Radon . UK representation at this fully on-line event included members of CLIPS . An open access publication will be produced by SFRP .

• For the ETRAP meeting in March AURPO and SRP members collaborated to produce two jointly branded posters .

• An article on IRPA and the work of CLIPS was published in the first issue of the new SRP magazine Radiation Protection Today .

The delayed IRPA15 International Congress , General Assembly and Associate Societies Forum took place , fully on-line , in early 2021 but has already been reported in the CLIPS report for 2020 and in the Trustees Report for that year .

Journal Board Editor : Richard Wakeford , Deputy Editor : Mike Thorne

Journal of Radiological Protection ( JRP ) is the Society ' s scientific journal , a joint enterprise with the Journal ' s publisher , IOP Publishing . The Journal Editorial Board is a committee jointly responsible to the Society and IOP Publishing , with a remit to maintain and improve the scientific quality of the content of the Journal and its standing in the radiological protection community . The Board includes members with a range of expertise of relevance to radiological protection from the UK and the EU and is supported by experienced International Editorial Advisers from further afield . One indicator of the success of the Journal is the internationally recognised “ Journal Impact Factor ”, which has been maintained above 1.0 ( an average of > 1 citation in all journal papers per JRP paper published ) for a number of years , extending to 2021 . The standing of the Journal is indicated by the broad geographical range of authorship of published papers . Scientific publishing continues to feel the pressures of change , and December 2021 saw the last hardcopy ( paper ) issue of the Journal , and from the beginning of 2022 the Journal will be published online only , with members of the Society having free and easy access to past and present papers via the Journal ' s website . The Journal has maintained its strong position in radiological protection publishing , and currently operates a hybrid system of Open Access and traditional subscription papers , which the Board considers to be a fair publishing position . The Journal remains in a financially sound state .

Magazine Committee Editor : Trevor Jones , Deputy Editor : Maureen McQueen , Secretary : Helen Whitehead

The Magazine Committee is responsible for producing the Society ' s new magazine Radiation Protection Today ( RPT ). It was originally formed as a working group of the Communications Committee , but became a full committee under the Engagement Directorate in December .

RPT aims to fill a gap in the market and become established as the magazine of the radiation protection profession . It is distributed free to members and non-members , and the digital version is promoted widely including through Partner Societies .

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