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1 Introduction
Pages 9-12

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... Next year, the committee will report, in Part II, its follow-on deliberations on other critical factors, including ethics, risk perception, recordkeeping, training, communication, decision making, and additional general scientific information as necessary. During the Cold War, the United States Army established radiation dose limits and controls for soldiers based on a scenario of global nuclear war (NATO, 1986; HQDA, 1994~.
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... During the Persian Gulf War, the Army recognized the potential for exposure of soldiers to levels of radiation that exceeded occupational levels but were below levels set in STANAG 2083, Commanders' Guide on Nuclear Radiation of Groups (NATO, 1986~. During Desert Shield and Storm, the Foreign Science and Technology Center warned of the possibility that conventional explosives could be used by threat forces to disseminate radioactive materials (e.g., from reactor waste or radium and radioactive cesium and cobalt from radiotherapy sources)
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... Inadequate records for estimating radiation doses received by individuals is one of the most contentious issues surrounding the resolution of these veterans' claims. Accurate primary dosimetry records are unavailable for a great many of the Atomic Veterans.
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... 12 RADIATION EXPOSURE GUIDANCE FOR MILITARY OPERATIONS The committee intends (in Part I of this report and Part II to follow) to assist the Army in developing an appropriate radiation protection philosophy and standards over the wide spectrum of radiation exposure situations soldiers may encounter.
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