plan specification as low as reasonably achievable NCRP Glossary (https://ncrponline.org/wp-content/themes/ncrp/PDFs/NCRP-Composite-Glossary.pdf) One of the measures to ensure ALARA is to minimize the time spent working around radioactive materials. Jack Miller ALARA A principle of radiation protection philosophy that requires that exposures to ionizing radiation be kept as low as reasonably achievable, economic and social factors being taken into account. The protection from radiation exposure is ALARA when the expen ALARA ALARA