Radiation Protection Criteria and Standards: Their Basis and Use: Hearings Before the Special Subcommittee on Radiation of the Joint Committee on Atomic Energy, Congress of the United States, Eighty-sixth Congress, Second SessionU.S. Government Printing Office, 1960 - 820 pages |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 100
Page 7
... Effects of Radiation Study ) ; member , Technical Advisory Committee of the American Institute of Physics to the National Bureau of Standards ; member , General Electric Reactor Safeguards Council ( past ) ; member , executive committee ...
... Effects of Radiation Study ) ; member , Technical Advisory Committee of the American Institute of Physics to the National Bureau of Standards ; member , General Electric Reactor Safeguards Council ( past ) ; member , executive committee ...
Page 9
... effects . This understanding has indeed increased , partly through recon- sideration of earlier human exposure cases , partly through study of additional human cases , but principally , even overwhelmingly , from animal experimentation ...
... effects . This understanding has indeed increased , partly through recon- sideration of earlier human exposure cases , partly through study of additional human cases , but principally , even overwhelmingly , from animal experimentation ...
Page 10
... effects may exhibit a true threshold ; they may be truly linear with dose and thus necessarily nonthreshold ; or they may be nonlinear and also nonthreshold . Moreover , the character of the response need not be the same for all ...
... effects may exhibit a true threshold ; they may be truly linear with dose and thus necessarily nonthreshold ; or they may be nonlinear and also nonthreshold . Moreover , the character of the response need not be the same for all ...
Page 11
... Effect 58454-60- 2 Deleterious Effect Threshold Dose Dose A. CHART 1 Typical Threshold Response B. Response Proportional to Dose Deleterious ... Effect Beneficial Effect Deleterious Effect G. Dose Deleterious Effect RADIATION PROTECTION 11.
... Effect 58454-60- 2 Deleterious Effect Threshold Dose Dose A. CHART 1 Typical Threshold Response B. Response Proportional to Dose Deleterious ... Effect Beneficial Effect Deleterious Effect G. Dose Deleterious Effect RADIATION PROTECTION 11.
Page 12
... Effect Beneficial Effect Deleterious Effect G. Dose Deleterious Effect E. Dose Dose Other Plausible Types of Response Curves CHART 2 F. Deleterious Effect H. Dose Deleterious Effect CHART 3 A. Typical Threshold Response Threshold ...
... Effect Beneficial Effect Deleterious Effect G. Dose Deleterious Effect E. Dose Dose Other Plausible Types of Response Curves CHART 2 F. Deleterious Effect H. Dose Deleterious Effect CHART 3 A. Typical Threshold Response Threshold ...
Contents
2 | |
17 | |
24 | |
85 | |
177 | |
194 | |
257 | |
287 | |
578 | |
587 | |
593 | |
595 | |
605 | |
614 | |
623 | |
625 | |
289 | |
335 | |
343 | |
360 | |
364 | |
434 | |
441 | |
496 | |
501 | |
507 | |
523 | |
544 | |
664 | |
675 | |
681 | |
687 | |
699 | |
720 | |
761 | |
768 | |
787 | |
817 | |
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
acceptable activities American American Standards Association apply Atomic Energy Commission basic basis believe body Bureau cancer cells CHADWICK Chairman Committee on Radiation concentration Department discussion established evaluation factor FAILLA fallout Federal agencies Federal Radiation Council field fluoroscopic genetic Government health and safety Health Physics hearings HOLADAY HOLLISTER ICRP individual industry involved ionizing radiation Joint Committee Laboratory leukemia limits matter maximum permissible dose ment mutations National Committee NCRP nuclear operation organization PARKER population present President problem procedures Public Health Service question radiation exposure radiation hazards radiation protection criteria radiation protection guides radiation protection standards radiation standards radioactive materials radiological health radium RAMEY reactor recommendations regulations regulatory Representative HOLIFIELD Representative HOSMER responsibility risk scientific Secretary FLEMMING SELOVE somatic specific STAATS staff statement strontium 90 subcommittee TAYLOR tion uranium WOLMAN X-ray
Popular passages
Page 137 - This term is defined as the radiation dose which should not be exceeded without careful consideration of the reasons for doing so ; every effort should be made to encourage the maintenance of radiation doses as far below this guide as practicable.
Page 591 - Council shall advise the President with respect to radiation matters, directly or indirectly affecting health, including guidance for all Federal agencies in the formulation of radiation standards and in the establishment and execution of programs of cooperation with States.
Page 85 - Treasury, and the Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission, and the Director of the National Science Foundation.
Page 150 - d. The Commission shall enter into an agreement under subsection b. of this section with any State if— "(1) The Governor of that State certifies that the State has a program for the control of radiation hazards adequate to protect the public health and safety...
Page 661 - There can be no single permissible or acceptable level of exposure without regard to the reason for permitting the exposure. It should be general practice to reduce exposure to radiation, and positive effort should be carried out to fulfill the sense of these recommendations. It is basic that exposure to radiation should result from a real determination of its necessity.
Page 4 - Inquiries regarding participation in this program may be addressed to the Director, Division of Biology and Medicine, US Atomic Energy Commission, Washington, DC 20545.
Page 770 - Administrator . . . the price or prices of a commodity or commodities have risen or threaten to rise to an extent or in a manner inconsistent with the purposes of this act...
Page 144 - Because It is essential to efficient and effective administration that employees of the executive branch be in a position to be completely candid in advising with each other on official matters, and because it is not in the public interest that any of their conversations or communications, or any documents or reproductions, concerning such advice be disclosed...
Page 595 - Commission programs for protection against hazards of radiation will be coordinated and compatible. "h. There is hereby established a Federal Radiation Council, consisting of the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, the Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission, the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of Commerce, the Secretary of Labor, or their designees, and such other members as shall be appointed by the President.
Page 591 - Council. (b) The Council shall be composed of the following members: the Secretary of the Treasury, who shall be the Chairman of the Council.