This paper summarises the view of the German Commission on Radiological Protection ("Strahlenschutzkommission", SSK) on the rationale behind the currently valid dose limits and dose constraints for workers recommended by the International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP). The paper includes a discussion of the reasoning behind current dose limits followed by a discussion of the detriment used by ICRP as a measure for stochastic health effects. Studies on radiation-induced cancer are reviewed because this endpoint represents the most important contribution to detriment. Recent findings on radiation-induced circulatory disease that are currently not included in detriment calculation are also reviewed. It appeared that for detriment calculations the contribution of circulatory diseases plays only a secondary role, although the uncertainties involved in their risk estimates are considerable. These discussions are complemented by a review of the procedures currently in use in Germany, or in discussion elsewhere, to define limits for genotoxic carcinogens. To put these concepts in perspective, actual occupational radiation exposures are exemplified with data from Germany, for the year 2012, and regulations in Germany are compared to the recommendations issued by ICRP. Conclusions include, among others, considerations on radiation protection concepts currently in use and recommendations of the SSK on the limitation of annual effective dose and effective dose cumulated over a whole working life.

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从德国角度看，职业暴露于电离辐射和遗传毒性致癌物的剂量限制。

本文概述了德国放射防护委员会（“ Strahlenschutzkommission”，SSK）对国际放射防护委员会（ICRP）建议的当前有效剂量限值和工人剂量限制背后的理由的看法。本文讨论了当前剂量限值背后的原因，然后讨论了ICRP用来衡量随机健康影响的有害因素。由于此终点代表了对危害的最重要贡献，因此对放射诱发的癌症的研究进行了综述。还回顾了有关辐射诱发循环系统疾病的最新发现，这些发现目前尚未包括在有害物质计算中。看来，对于有害物质的计算，循环系统疾病的作用仅是次要的，尽管其风险估计中涉及的不确定性相当大。对这些讨论的补充是对德国目前或其他地方正在使用的程序的审查，以定义遗传毒性致癌物的限量。为了正确理解这些概念，以德国2012年的数据为例说明了实际的职业辐射暴露，并将德国的法规与ICRP的建议进行了比较。结论除其他外，包括对当前使用的辐射防护概念的考虑以及SSK关于年度有效剂量限制和整个工作寿命累计有效剂量的建议。或在其他地方进行讨论，以定义遗传毒性致癌物的限量。为了正确理解这些概念，以德国2012年的数据为例说明了实际的职业辐射暴露，并将德国的法规与ICRP的建议进行了比较。结论除其他外，包括对当前使用的辐射防护概念的考虑以及SSK关于年度有效剂量限制和整个工作寿命累计有效剂量的建议。或在其他地方进行讨论，以定义遗传毒性致癌物的限量。为了正确理解这些概念，以德国2012年的数据为例说明了实际的职业辐射暴露，并将德国的法规与ICRP的建议进行了比较。结论除其他外，包括对当前使用的辐射防护概念的考虑以及SSK关于年度有效剂量限制和整个工作寿命累计有效剂量的建议。