Open AccessCIRRPC: Committee on Interagency Radiation Research and Policy Coordination. Eighth annual report
Author(s) -
Andrew L. Young
Publication year - 1992
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.2172/204725
Subject(s) - radiation protection , ionizing radiation , medical physics , political science , health physics , business , engineering , medicine , physics , nuclear medicine , nuclear physics , irradiation
CIRRPC`s eighth year was marked by the completion of several CIRRPC projects, including: An independent study on the possible health effects of extremely low-frequency electric and magnetic fields; a report evaluating the uncertainties identified in a National Academy of Sciences (NAS) report on the biological effects of ionizing radiation and their impact on the report`s application to Federal risk assessment; an analysis of the use of two reports on radiation risk assessment from NAS and the United Nations; and an update of Part 11 of ORAU`s radiation protection fact sheets, a compilation of major US radiation protection standards and guides. CIRRPC also sponsored a workshop on internal dosimetry and provided financial support to the 1991 Health Physics Society Summer School on the biological basis of radiation protection practice. The program highlights are briefly described in this report