 | United States. Congress. Joint Committee on Atomic Energy - 1959 - 864 pagini
...materially alter the situation insofar as making a positive statement of absolute safety is concerned. The only statement that can be made at the present...occupations not involving exposure to radiation. The acceptability of a risk by the average person depends largely on the probability of escaping injury... | |
 | United States. Congress. Joint Committee on Atomic Energy - 1959 - 878 pagini
...materially alter the situation insofar as making a positive statement of absolute safety is concerned. The only statement that can be made at the present...risk essentially the same as is present in ordinary occultions not involving exposure to radiation. The acceptability of a risk by the average person depends... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Armed Services - 1978 - 256 pagini
...matter of principle it is sound to avoid all unnecessary exposure to ionizing radiation, because it is desirable not to depart from the natural conditions...occupations not involving exposure to radiation." The April l5, l958 addendum to this report stated: "The risk to the individual is not precisely determinable... | |
 | T. Rick Irvin - 1996 - 164 pagini
...of continuous exposure to radiation that is (unavoidably) tolerated by man. The report also stated: The only statement that can be made at the present...ordinary occupations not involving exposure to radiation. In issuing its first recommendations regarding radiation exposure in 1958, the International Commission... | |
 | United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations - 1979 - 736 pagini
...matter of principle it is sound to avoid all unnecessary exposure to ionizing radiation, because it is desirable not to depart from the natural conditions...stated: "The risk to the individual is not precisely determlnable but, however small, it is believed not to be zero. Even if the injury should prove to... | |
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The only statement that can be made at the present time about the lifetime exposure of persons to penetrating radiation at a permissible level considerably higher than the background radiation level, but within the range of radiological experience, is... 