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Developments in radiation health science and their impact on radiation protection (1998)
| Author | NEA |
| Date | October 1998 |
| Classification | 6.01.4.00/89 (RADIATION - GENERAL) |
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From the publication:
1. Introduction At its March 1996 meeting, the Committee on Radiation Protection and Public Health (CRPPH) decided to initiate the implementation of the main recommendations for future work that resulted in follow-up to its Collective Opinion "Radiation Protection Today and Tomorrow" published in 1994. The Collective Opinion had pointed out that scientific and technological developments in the near future may be expected which might have a profound influence on the concepts and the practice of radiation protection (RP). In particular, the Collective Opinion had identified a number of lines of research in radiation health sciences, particularly in molecular biology and epidemiology, which might result in modifications to the scientific basis of the System of Radiation Protection and to its practical application. The CRPPH therefore decided to set up a working group to prepare a reflection paper on the relationship between scientific knowledge on radiation health effects, including its uncertainties, and the application of the "precautionary principle" in regulatory radiation protection. The current report is the outcome of that work and includes a synthesis of the current scientific debate about the use of the linear, no-threshold (LNT) dose-effect hypothesis as a practical model for the regulation of radiation protection. It identifies key elements of science on which there is common agreement, areas of uncertainty or debate, and the potential practical implications of various possible developments in scientific knowledge.
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