The European Commission (DG Energy) published its long-awaited guidelines on “Criteria for Acceptability of Medical Radiological Equipment used in Diagnostic Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Radiotherapy” (RP 162).

This new report updates and considerably expands the scope of the previous guidance document RP 91. This document is containing an extensive set of non-binding criteria for acceptability of radiological installations. While primarily intended for users of such equipment in clinical use and for regulators dealing with their safety, this report could also be useful for designers, manufacturers and suppliers of equipment as well as other players involved in different stages of the equipment lifecycle.