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6 Organizations Concerned With Radiation Protection of the Public
6 Organizations Concerned With Radiation Protection of the Public
Pages 97-105
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Other important international organizations are the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and the Commission of the European Communities (CEC)
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The responsibilities of EPA for radiation protection of the public are varied and complex. They include the development of federal guidance on radiation protection of the public; standards for radioactivity in the environment under authority of the Atomic Energy Act; standards for radioactivity under various laws, such as the Safe Drinking Water Act and Clean Air Act, that are concerned primarily with nonradiologic hazards; and guidance and regulations for indoor radon.
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This division of standard-setting and enforcement authorities between the EPA and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission or DOE is based on provisions of the Atomic Energy Act, which antedated the formation of EPA and assigned to the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) , a forerunner of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, the responsibility for protecting public health and safety in the use of source, special nuclear, and byproduct materials arising from operations of the nuclear fuel cycle.
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, which include TENORM, to surface waters; such standards have been established for release of naturally occurring radionuclides from particular mines and mills. Source, special nuclear, and byproduct materials regulated under the Atomic Energy Act are excluded from regulation under the Clean Water Act, except that discharges of high-level waste into surface waters are banned.
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, which later became part of DOE. The Energy Reorganization Act assigned to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission the previous responsibilities of AEC for protection of public health and safety in the use of source, special nuclear, and byproduct materials as defined in the Atomic Energy Act.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY DOE was created by the Depa~l~ent of Energy Organization Act of 1977, which amended the Atomic Energy Act by combining ERDA, which had been created by the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974, with parts of other federal agencies. DOE is responsible for all atomic-energy defense activities and other activities involving energy research, development, and demonstration; it also is assigned the responsibility for protecting public health and safety in carrying out its authorized activities.
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However, its recommendations have been influential in the development of standards and guidances for radiation protection in the United States, initially by FRC, AEC, and the Public Health Service and later by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, DOE, and EPA. NCRP has issued many reports addressing NORM and TENORM (NCRP 1993b; 1993a; 1989a; 1988; 1987a; 1984c; 1984b)
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Current ICRP recommendations for control of exposures of the public to indoor radon and other NORM are discussed in chapters 8 and 9. INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY IAEA is an intergovernmental organization established in 1957 under the auspices of the United Nations.
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CO1\~IM:ISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES CEC is authorized under the Euratom Treaty on Atomic Energy in the European Communities, which was signed in Rome in 1957, to establish radiation-protection standards for all members of the European Union. Enforcement of these standards is the responsibility of each member state, not CEC.
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