[Consequences of the latest Euratom directive 96/29 ("basic standard") regarding radiotherapy].

Aim: The Council Directive 96/26 will be brought into force by the Member States of the EC until the year 2000. What practical consequences on both mounting and holding radiotherapeutical facilities should be considered?
Methods: Regarding the Council Directive, facts on workers' actual occupational exposure in medicine and representative calculations on structural shielding the consequences will be evaluated.
Results: Increasing both total number of occupationally exposed workers and number of Category A workers but also enforced structural shielding should be expected. Working in any protected area during pregnancy will be strictly prohibited now.
Conclusions: With respect to the generally sufficient structural shielding no restrictions for existing radiotherapeutical facilities are to be expected. But it is emphasized to carry out further mountings on base of the latest Council Directive 96/26 Euratom.