05177nam 2200721Ia 450 991096989610332120251116230832.09786610742141978030916514303091651489781280742149128074214397803095493180309549310(CKB)1000000000521982(EBL)3564107(SSID)ssj0000277065(PQKBManifestationID)11231511(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000277065(PQKBWorkID)10233678(PQKB)11515265(MiAaPQ)EBC3564107(Au-PeEL)EBL3564107(CaPaEBR)ebr10160727(CaONFJC)MIL74214(OCoLC)61505165(Perlego)4734380(BIP)12806859(EXLCZ)99100000000052198220050620d2005 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrAssessment of the scientific information for the Radiation Exposure Screening and Education Program /Committee to Assess the Scientific Information for the Radiation Exposure Screening and Education Program, Board on Radiation Effects Research, Division on Earth and Life Studies1st ed.Washington, D.C. National Academies Press20051 online resource (429 p.)Description based upon print version of record.9780309096102 0309096103 Includes bibliographical references.""Front Matter""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Reviewers""; ""A Note on the Units of Measurement Used in this Report""; ""Contents""; ""Executive Summary""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 Legislation and Compensation""; ""3 Basic Concepts in Radiation Physics, Biology, and Epidemiology""; ""4 Review of Recent Data on Radiation Epidemiology, Biology, and Dosimetry""; ""5 Expanding RECA Eligibility: Scientific Issues""; ""6 Expanding RECA Eligibility: Implementation""; ""7 Diseases, Populations, and Other Issues of Public Concern""; ""8 Ethical Framework""; ""9 Medical Screening""""10 Screening for Compensation""""11 Education and Outreach""; ""References""; ""Appendixes""; ""Appendix A Invited Speakers and Public Comment""; ""Appendix B A Comparison of the Risk of Skin Cancer with the Risk of Lung Cancer from Exposure to Radon Decay Products in Underground Mines""; ""Appendix C Radioactivity in Guam After Nuclear- Weapons Testing in the Pacific""; ""Appendix D The Optimal Criterion for Positivity in Screening""; ""Appendix E Selected Cancer-Screening Recommendations""; ""Glossary""; ""List of Abbreviations""; ""Committee and Staff Biographies""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.Radiation exposure screening and education programNuclear weaponsUnited StatesTestingRadiation dosimetryRadiationPhysiological effectResearchUnited StatesRadiationSafety measuresNuclear weaponsTesting.Radiation dosimetry.RadiationPhysiological effectResearchRadiationSafety measures.363.1799MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910969896103321Assessment of the scientific information for the Radiation Exposure Screening and Education Program4365525UNINA