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<br />R'.,, SuMVy and 5•^ml' Alms <br /> <br />3.0 POTENTIAL RISK TO HUMAN HEALTH OR THE ENVIRONMENT <br />• Health Physics Society, formed in 1956, a Scientific Organization conce;med with the <br />protection of people and the environment from radiation. <br />• Issued position statement endorsing the Nucleaz Regulatory Commission's "Below <br />Regulatory Concern: Policy Statement" (BRC), issued effective July 3, 19!)0. <br />Nee. ~~-~ <br />- Strongly support the concept that regulatory authorities should be ccncerned with <br />activities involving radiation and radioactive materials that may Uneaten human <br />health, but note that there are very low levels of radiation or radioactivity, small <br />compazed to natural background, that involve little or no radiation ri:>k and do not <br />warrant regulatory concern. <br />- As professionals devoted to radiation protection, Society believed that the BRC <br />Policy would help focus attention of health physicists, radiation users, regulators, <br />and the public alike away from insignificant problems and towazds rt~ose that may <br />involve significant risks. <br />H \USEItSV.¢AnWPJ.9tRLL.ETfFRS 9f\W SUHSUN PRE <br />Pege I I <br />