Rationales for regulatory activity

Conference · Sat Feb 01 00:00:00 EST 1997

OSTI ID:457156

Perhac, R M ^[1]

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1. Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (United States)

The author provides an outline which touches on the types of concerns about risk evaluation which are addressed in the process of establishing regulatory guides. Broadly he says regulatory activity serves three broad constituents: (1) Paternalism (private risk); (2) Promotion of social welfare (public risks); (3) Protection of individual rights (public risks). He then discusses some of the major issues encountered in reaching a decision on what is an acceptable level of risk within each of these areas, and how one establishes such a level.

• Research Organization: Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States); Tennessee Univ., Knoxville, TN (United States). Energy, Environment and Resources Center
• OSTI ID: 457156
• Report Number(s): CONF-961089-; ON: DE97004100; TRN: 97:002105-0005
• Resource Relation: Conference: Beneficial Reuse `96: 4. annual conference on the recycle and reuse of radioactive scrap metal, Knoxville, TN (United States), 22-24 Oct 1996; Other Information: PBD: Feb 1997; Related Information: Is Part Of Beneficial reuse `96: The fourth annual conference on the recycle and reuse of radioactive scrap metal; PB: 546 p.
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

56 BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE
APPLIED STUDIES
RADIATION PROTECTION
RECOMMENDATIONS
RISK ASSESSMENT
REGULATIONS