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D. WARNER NORTH: RELATIONSHIP OF WORKSHOP TO NRC'S 1983 RED BOOK REPORT
Pages 286-288

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From page 286...
... Perhaps the most widely reproduced part of the 1983 report is its description of the elements of risk assessment and risk management. These are reproduced in the current committee report as Figure 3-1 (Chapter 3)
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From page 287...
... The report presents as its lead recommendation that regulatory agencies should maintain a clear conceptual distinction between assessment of risks and the consideration of risk management alternatives; that is, the scientific findings and policy judgments embodied in risk assessments should be explicitly distinguished from the political, economic, and technical considerations that influence the design and choice of regulatory strategies. The implication is that the scientific issues resulting from gaps in data and in theoretical understanding should be dealt with in a consistent and predictable way.
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From page 288...
... Rather, most of the recommendations addressed the process of summarizing the science in support of risk management. In addition to the first recommendation on the conceptual distinction between risk assessment and risk management, the report recommended that risk assessments be made publicly available as written documents in advance of regulatory decisions and that such risk assessments be subjected to peer review by scientists from outside the agency.
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