Organization and operation of the Sixth International Symposium on the Natural Radiation Environment (NRE VI)
An important source of human exposure to radiation is the natural world including cosmic rays, cosmogenic radionuclides, natural terrestrial radionuclides, and radon isotopes and its decay products. Considerable effort is being expended on a worldwide basis to characterize the exposure to the natural radiation environment and determine the important pathways for the exposure to result in the dose to tissue that leads to injury and disease. The problem of background exposure to naturally occurring radioactivity has been the subject of research since the initial discovery of the radioactivity of uranium and thorium. However, with the advent of artificial sources of radiation with both benefits and harm the nature and magnitude of the natural radiation environment and the effects on various populations are important in the development of overall public health strategies as ALARA principles are applied to the situation.
- Research Organization:
- Clarkson Univ., Potsdam, NY (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- FG02-94ER61784
- OSTI ID:
- 394451
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-9506387-Summ.; ON: DE96013928; TRN: 96:029069
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 6. international symposium on the natural radiation environment (NRE): organization and operation, Montreal (Canada), 5-9 Jun 1995; Other Information: PBD: [1996]
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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