Re: LLW status according to AP: a fair

["J. J. Rozental" <josrozen@netmedia.net.il>]

 you wrote:

>Have you seen the "analysis of risks" in the 1993 IAEA report? Anyone?
>
>Thanks.
>
>Regards, Jim Muckerheide
>jmuckerheide@delphi.com
>Radiation, Science, and Health, Inc.
>
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There are six section:

Section 4 deals with estimates of potential harm, in terms of cancer
fatalities, to large populations posed by the presence of radionuclides and
suspected chemical carcinogens in seafood;

Section 5 deals with estimates of the risks to individuals associated with
the consumption of seafood contaminated by radionuclides and suspected
chemical carcinogens. Such risk estimates are first presented for the
average individual within large populations. Then,  the potential risks to
individuals within a critical group of extreme seaffod consumers are
calculated as a means of obtaining complementary information on the most
extreme individuals risks.

The document's last remark inform:

No judgements have been made in this report as to whether any of these
levels of risk could be considered acceptable or unacceptable, either to
those who make decisions concerning waste disposal practices or to members
of the public. Nevertheless, it is inevitable that comparisons will be drawn
between these risks and the other risks to which the community at large is
commonly exposed

If you which the document you can ask to Division of Public Information, IAEA
iaeo@iaea1.iaea.or.at

J. J, Rozental <josrozen@netmedia.net.il>
Consultant, Radiation Safety and Regulation
for Developing Countries, Israel