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| 94-31618 | Federal Radiation Protection Guidance for Exposure of the General Public; Notice ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY | Uncategorized Document | The Agency is proposing to make recommendations to the President for new guidance to Federal agencies on radiation protection which would have two effects: it would cause a five-fold reduction in the maximum allowable risk of cancer from any Federally regulated activity involving nuclear materials or other sources of radiation; and it would decrease the cost of Federal regulation of radiation by promoting uniform treatment of radiation by all Federal agencies, and reducing costly duplicative and conflicting requirements. The new guidance would replace those portions of previous recommendations that apply to protection of the general public, approved by Presidents Eisenhower and Kennedy in 1960 and 1961, respectively. New Federal guidance issued in 1987 replaced those portions of the 1960 and 1961 guidance that applied to protection of workers. These proposed recommendations are based on a review of existing guidance in light of current scientific understanding of the risks of exposure to ionizing radiation and of the experience of Federal agencies in its control. They include both qualitative guidance on radiation protection and numerical guides for limiting radiation doses to the general public. The most significant proposed changes are that: the Radiation Protection Guide (RPG) be expressed in terms of a single weighted sum of doses to organs, and the separate RPGs for individual organs deleted; the current RPGs limiting the average genetic dose to members of the U.S. population to 5 rems in 30 years and the annual whole body dose to 500 millirem dose equivalent be replaced by a single RPG of 1 millisievert (100 millirem) effective dose equivalent received by or committed in a single year to any individual from all sources combined; doses from individual sources normally be limited to a fraction of the RPG; and increased emphasis be given to the principle that all exposure should be maintained as low as reasonably achievable, within the RPG. The Agency invites written comments on these proposals and shall also hold a public hearing, as discussed below. All written and oral comments will be considered carefully in preparing our final recommendations to the President. | 1994-12-23 | 1994 | 12 | https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/1994/12/23/94-31618/federal-radiation-protection-guidance-for-exposure-of-the-general-public-notice-environmental | The Agency is proposing to make recommendations to the President for new guidance to Federal agencies on radiation protection which would have two effects: it would cause a five-fold reduction in the maximum allowable risk of cancer from any Federally... |