Document Details
Title:
RADIATION - A FACT OF LIFE
Document Location:
Location - DOE/NNSA NUCLEAR TESTING ARCHIVE Address - P.O. Box 98521 City - Las Vegas State - NV Zip - 89193-8521 Phone - (702)794-5106 Fax - (702)862-4240 Email - NTA@NV.DOE.GOV
Document Type:
BOOK
Publication Date:
1981 Dec 31
Declassification Status:
Never classified
Document Pages:
0016
Accession Number:
NV0015018
Originating Research Org.:
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Vienna (Austria)
OpenNet Entry Date:
1994 Aug 26
OpenNet Modified Date:
2003 Sep 18
Description/Abstract:
RADIATION HASS ALWAYS BEEN A PART OF NATURAL ENVIRONMENT AND A LARGE PART OF THE RADIATION DOSE WE RECEIVE NATURALLY IS UNAVOIDABLE. THE EFFECTS OF RADIATION ON HUMAN HEALTH ARE NOT UNIQUE; MANY NATURAL AND MAN-MADE MATERIALS CAN PRODUCE SIMILAR EFFECTS. THE EFFECTS OF RADIATION ARE BETTER KNOWN THAN THOSE OF PPRACTICALLY ALL OOLHER HARMFUL AGENTS AND THE REGULATIONS AND MONITORING MEASURES TO TROTECT US AGAINST THESE EFFECTS ARE MORE COMPLETE AND MORE ADVANCE ADVANCED. THE BENEFITS OF RADIATION AND RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS, IN THEIR VARIOUS USES, GREATLY OUTWEIGH THE RISKS. THE NUCLEAR POWER INDUSTRY IS A VERY MINOR CONTRIBUTOR TO OUR TOTAL RADIATION DOSE.