Staff Reports to the President's Commission on the accident at Three Mile Island. Reports of the public health and safety task force
In the Charter of the President's Commission on the Accident at Three Mile Island (TMI), the Commission was given the responsibility to evaluate "the actual and potential impact of the events [of the accident] on the public health and safety and on the health and safety of the workers." Accordingly, the Public Health and Safety Task Force of the Commission set out the following objectives: To identify and evaluate the real and potential effects on the health and safety of the public, both the general population and the workers, resulting from the events of the nuclear reactor accident at TMI; To assess the health hazards associated with the radiation exposure -- carcinogenic, teratogenic, and genetic -- based on an analysis of the radiation dosimetry and the task force's best scientific knowledge of the biological effects of radiation on exposed populations; To assess the mental health and behavioral responses of the general population under stress during and following the accident, and of the nuclear plant workers during and following the accident; To assess the impact of the accident on the effectiveness of the health-care delivery system and its capacity to respond under nuclear accident emergency conditions; To examine the availability of information needed to make decisions on protection of the public health and safety; To determine what measures can be taken to prevent physical illness resulting from low-level radiation and emotional illness in the event of a nuclear reactor accident; and, to identify areas requiring research and improvement to protect the health and safety of the public exposed as a result of the nuclear reactor accident. Four task groups were formed to carry out the investigations -- namely, Health Physics and Dosimetry, Radiation Health Effects, Behavioral Effects, and Public Health and Epidemiology. Reports are included from each group.
- Research Organization:
- President's Commission on the Accident at Three Mile Island, Washington, DC (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- US President's Commission
- OSTI ID:
- 1465985
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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