Author: M. S. RobinsonPublisher:
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Category : Engineering test reactors
Languages : en
Pages : 44
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Radiation Damage Studies Program ETR Loop Materials Progress Report
Author: M. S. RobinsonPublisher:
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Category : Engineering test reactors
Languages : en
Pages : 44
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Basic Radiation Damage Studies
Author: Purdue Research FoundationPublisher:
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Category : Materials
Languages : en
Pages : 59
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The Future of Low Dose Radiation Research in the United States
Author: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and MedicinePublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 030949771X
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 143
Book Description
Exposures at low doses of radiation, generally taken to mean doses below 100 millisieverts, are of primary interest for setting standards for protecting individuals against the adverse effects of ionizing radiation. However, there are considerable uncertainties associated with current best estimates of risks and gaps in knowledge on critical scientific issues that relate to low dose radiation. The Nuclear and Radiation Studies Board of the National Academies hosted the symposium on The Future of Low Dose Radiation Research in the United States on May 8 and 9, 2019. The goal of the symposium was to provide an open forum for a national discussion on the need for a long-term strategy to guide a low dose radiation research program in the United States. The symposium featured presentations on low dose radiation programs around the world, panel discussions with representatives from governmental and nongovernmental organizations about the need for a low dose radiation research program, reviews of low dose radiation research in epidemiology and radiation biology including new directions, and lessons to be learned from setting up large research programs in non-radiation research fields. This publication summarizes the presentation and discussion of the symposium.
Radiation Damage Studies Program
Author: H. T. WatanabePublisher:
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Category : Alloys
Languages : en
Pages : 70
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Radiation Research in the Life Sciences
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Government OperationsPublisher:
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Category : Radiobiology
Languages : en
Pages : 180
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A Review of the Dose Reconstruction Program of the Defense Threat Reduction Agency
Author: National Research CouncilPublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309168023
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 415
Book Description
From 1945 through 1962, the US atmospheric nuclear weapons testing program involved hundreds of thousands of military and civilian personnel, and some of them were exposed to ionizing radiation. Veterans' groups have since been concerned that their members' health was affected by radiation exposure associated with participation in nuclear tests and have pressured Congress for disability compensation. Several pieces of legislation have been passed to compensate both military and civilian personnel for such health effects. Veterans' concerns about the accuracy of reconstructed doses prompted Congress to have the General Accounting Office (GAO) review the dose reconstruction program used to estimate exposure. The GAO study concluded that dose reconstruction is a valid method of estimating radiation dose and could be used as the basis of compensation. It also recommended an independent review of the dose reconstruction program. The result of that recommendation was a congressional mandate that the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA), a part of the Department of Defense, ask the National Research Council to conduct an independent review of the dose reconstruction program. In response to that request, the National Research Council established the Committee to Review the Dose Reconstruction Program of the Defense Threat Reduction Agency in the Board on Radiation Effects Research (BRER). The committee randomly selected sample records of doses that had been reconstructed by DTRA and carefully evaluated them. The committee's report describes its findings and provides responses to many of the questions that have been raised by the veterans.
Department of Energy's Radiation Health Effects Research Program and Working Conditions at DOE Sites
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Governmental AffairsPublisher:
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Category : Nuclear weapons industry
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
Bureau of Radiological Health Research Grants Program
Author: United States. Bureau of Radiological HealthPublisher:
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Category : Radiation
Languages : en
Pages : 224
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Low Dose Radiation
Author: Antone L. BrooksPublisher:
ISBN: 9780874223545
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Chief Scientist Dr. Antone Brooks and his Low Dose Radiation Research Program team redefined the field, applying advances in instrumentation and molecular biology from the Human Genome Project and developing new technologies to examine cellular responses. Their findings were startling. At low doses, biological reactions are unique and often unrelated to those that occur at high doses. The influential linear-no-threshold model--which predicted that damage from acute exposures can be extrapolated linearly to low dose exposures--was flawed. Small doses of radiation can have an adaptive protective effect. "Hit theory," the idea that radiation only affected cells it directly traversed, yielded to "bystander theory," which hypothesizes that cells communicate with each other and a dose to one affects others surrounding it. Low Dose Radiation describes the program's development, the scientists who made it viable, and the fundamental results, highlighting lessons learned during its lifespan.
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