LEADER 05177nam 2200721Ia 450 001 9910969896103321 005 20251116230832.0 010 $a9786610742141 010 $a9780309165143 010 $a0309165148 010 $a9781280742149 010 $a1280742143 010 $a9780309549318 010 $a0309549310 035 $a(CKB)1000000000521982 035 $a(EBL)3564107 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000277065 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11231511 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000277065 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10233678 035 $a(PQKB)11515265 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3564107 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3564107 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10160727 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL74214 035 $a(OCoLC)61505165 035 $a(Perlego)4734380 035 $a(BIP)12806859 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000521982 100 $a20050620d2005 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aAssessment of the scientific information for the Radiation Exposure Screening and Education Program /$fCommittee to Assess the Scientific Information for the Radiation Exposure Screening and Education Program, Board on Radiation Effects Research, Division on Earth and Life Studies 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aWashington, D.C. $cNational Academies Press$d2005 215 $a1 online resource (429 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 08$a9780309096102 311 08$a0309096103 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $a""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"" 327 $a""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"" 330 $aThe 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. 517 3 $aRadiation exposure screening and education program 606 $aNuclear weapons$zUnited States$xTesting 606 $aRadiation dosimetry 606 $aRadiation$xPhysiological effect$xResearch$zUnited States 606 $aRadiation$xSafety measures 615 0$aNuclear weapons$xTesting. 615 0$aRadiation dosimetry. 615 0$aRadiation$xPhysiological effect$xResearch 615 0$aRadiation$xSafety measures. 676 $a363.1799 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910969896103321 996 $aAssessment of the scientific information for the Radiation Exposure Screening and Education Program$94365525 997 $aUNINA