Author: United States. Congress. Joint Committee on Atomic Energy. Subcommittee on Research, Development, and Radiation
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Category : Radiation
Languages : en
Pages : 480
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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
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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.
Hearings, Reports and Prints of the Joint Committee on Atomic Energy
Author: United States. Congress. Joint Committee on Atomic Energy
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Category : Legislative hearings
Languages : en
Pages : 1144
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Category : Legislative hearings
Languages : en
Pages : 1144
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Hearings
Author: United States. Congress. Joint Committee ...
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 2286
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 2286
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Monthly Catalog of United States Government Publications
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 1990
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 1990
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Hearings and Reports on Atomic Energy
Author: United States. Congress. Joint Committee on Atomic Energy
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Category : Nuclear energy
Languages : en
Pages : 1138
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Category : Nuclear energy
Languages : en
Pages : 1138
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Nuclear Science Abstracts
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Category : Nuclear energy
Languages : en
Pages : 1634
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Category : Nuclear energy
Languages : en
Pages : 1634
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Committee prints
Author: United States. Congress. Joint Committee on Atomic Energy
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1382
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Languages : en
Pages : 1382
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Development, Growth, and State of the Atomic Energy Industry
Author: United States. Congress. Joint Committee on Atomic Energy
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Category : Nuclear industry
Languages : en
Pages : 1640
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Category : Nuclear industry
Languages : en
Pages : 1640
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Nuclear Safety
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Category : Nuclear engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 1750
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Category : Nuclear engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 1750
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Hearings
Author: United States. Congress Senate
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 2350
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 2350
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