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 |
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... give the limiting radiation dose ; derived maximum per- missible concentrations of these materials in drinking water or air , calculated to lead to maximum permissible body burdens . All these will be modified according to whether the ...
... give the limiting radiation dose ; derived maximum per- missible concentrations of these materials in drinking water or air , calculated to lead to maximum permissible body burdens . All these will be modified according to whether the ...
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... give the power to the administrative agency . You may spell out not the criteria , but the attempts at performance . If you do that , then I am not against it . You then leave to the administrative agency the exercise of the ap ...
... give the power to the administrative agency . You may spell out not the criteria , but the attempts at performance . If you do that , then I am not against it . You then leave to the administrative agency the exercise of the ap ...
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... give to your fellow man . You did that , did you not ? Dr. WOLMAN . I do that , and I assume a risk , of course , 24 hours a day whether I am moving , whether I am standing still , or whether I am lying down . My simple plea is that we ...
... give to your fellow man . You did that , did you not ? Dr. WOLMAN . I do that , and I assume a risk , of course , 24 hours a day whether I am moving , whether I am standing still , or whether I am lying down . My simple plea is that we ...
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... give you a great many papers on evaluating the dollar value of man . They have a singularly unappealing attraction to anybody , particularly to the man who is to be killed . Singularly un- appealing . That is all I am saying ...
... give you a great many papers on evaluating the dollar value of man . They have a singularly unappealing attraction to anybody , particularly to the man who is to be killed . Singularly un- appealing . That is all I am saying ...
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... give just one rather brief example , and which will certainly lead to others . For example , the maximum per- missible concentrations of radioactive material that have been de- signed for radiation workers have been computed on the ...
... give just one rather brief example , and which will certainly lead to others . For example , the maximum per- missible concentrations of radioactive material that have been de- signed for radiation workers have been computed on the ...
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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.