Author: E. A. Martell
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Category : Radioactive fallout
Languages : en
Pages : 38
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Artificial Radioactivity from Nuclear Tests Up to November 1958
Author: E. A. Martell
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Category : Radioactive fallout
Languages : en
Pages : 38
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Category : Radioactive fallout
Languages : en
Pages : 38
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Assessment of the Scientific Information for the Radiation Exposure Screening and Education Program
Author: National Research Council
Publisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309096103
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 431
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The Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA) was set up by Congress in 1990 to compensate people who have been diagnosed with specified cancers and chronic diseases that could have resulted from exposure to nuclear-weapons tests at various U.S. test sites. Eligible claimants include civilian onsite participants, downwinders who lived in areas currently designated by RECA, and uranium workers and ore transporters who meet specified residence or exposure criteria. The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), which oversees the screening, education, and referral services program for RECA populations, asked the National Academies to review its program and assess whether new scientific information could be used to improve its program and determine if additional populations or geographic areas should be covered under RECA. The report recommends Congress should establish a new science-based process using a method called "probability of causation/assigned share" (PC/AS) to determine eligibility for compensation. Because fallout may have been higher for people outside RECA-designated areas, the new PC/AS process should apply to all residents of the continental US, Alaska, Hawaii, and overseas US territories who have been diagnosed with specific RECA-compensable diseases and who may have been exposed, even in utero, to radiation from U.S. nuclear-weapons testing fallout. However, because the risks of radiation-induced disease are generally low at the exposure levels of concern in RECA populations, in most cases it is unlikely that exposure to radioactive fallout was a substantial contributing cause of cancer.
Publisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309096103
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 431
Book Description
The Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA) was set up by Congress in 1990 to compensate people who have been diagnosed with specified cancers and chronic diseases that could have resulted from exposure to nuclear-weapons tests at various U.S. test sites. Eligible claimants include civilian onsite participants, downwinders who lived in areas currently designated by RECA, and uranium workers and ore transporters who meet specified residence or exposure criteria. The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), which oversees the screening, education, and referral services program for RECA populations, asked the National Academies to review its program and assess whether new scientific information could be used to improve its program and determine if additional populations or geographic areas should be covered under RECA. The report recommends Congress should establish a new science-based process using a method called "probability of causation/assigned share" (PC/AS) to determine eligibility for compensation. Because fallout may have been higher for people outside RECA-designated areas, the new PC/AS process should apply to all residents of the continental US, Alaska, Hawaii, and overseas US territories who have been diagnosed with specific RECA-compensable diseases and who may have been exposed, even in utero, to radiation from U.S. nuclear-weapons testing fallout. However, because the risks of radiation-induced disease are generally low at the exposure levels of concern in RECA populations, in most cases it is unlikely that exposure to radioactive fallout was a substantial contributing cause of cancer.
GRD Research Notes
Author: Air Force Cambridge Research Laboratories (U.S.). Geophysics Research Directorate
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Category : Geophysics
Languages : en
Pages : 92
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Category : Geophysics
Languages : en
Pages : 92
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Atmospheric Radioactivity and Fallout Research
Author: U.S. Atomic Energy Commission. Division of Biology and Medicine
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Category : Nuclear energy
Languages : en
Pages : 108
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Category : Nuclear energy
Languages : en
Pages : 108
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Geophysics Research Directorate
Author: United States. Air Force
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 260
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Languages : en
Pages : 260
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Annual Report
Author: Air Force Cambridge Research Laboratories (U.S.). Geophysics Research Directorate
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Category : Astronautics
Languages : en
Pages : 260
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Category : Astronautics
Languages : en
Pages : 260
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A Study of Sacramento Peak Flares
Author: Henry J. Smith
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Category : Solar flares
Languages : en
Pages : 40
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Category : Solar flares
Languages : en
Pages : 40
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Environmental Effects of Producing Electric Power: October 28, 29, 30, 31; November 4, 5, 6, and 7, 1969
Author: United States. Congress. Joint Committee on Atomic Energy
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Category : Electric power-plants
Languages : en
Pages : 1120
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Examines effects on environment resulting from generating electricity from power stations fueled by water power, fossil fuels such as coal and petroleum, and nuclear power. Focuses on waste disposal, power plant siting, and thermal and chemical discharges.
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Category : Electric power-plants
Languages : en
Pages : 1120
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Examines effects on environment resulting from generating electricity from power stations fueled by water power, fossil fuels such as coal and petroleum, and nuclear power. Focuses on waste disposal, power plant siting, and thermal and chemical discharges.
Geological Survey Water-supply Paper
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Category : Floods
Languages : en
Pages : 470
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Category : Floods
Languages : en
Pages : 470
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Bibliography of Tritium Studies Related to Hydrology Through 1966
Author: Edward C. Rhodehamel
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Category : Radioisotopes in hydrology
Languages : en
Pages : 184
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Category : Radioisotopes in hydrology
Languages : en
Pages : 184
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