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A Review of the Radiological Assessments Corporation's Fernald Dose Reconstruction Report (1997) / Chapter Skim
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SPECIFIC COMMENTS ON SUMMARY BOOKLET
Pages 35-35

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... This report estimates the magnitude of the risk associated with the radiologic hazard of this facility but does not compare that risk with the nonradiologic hazards associated with the facility or with other industrial facilities throughout the country. Some concise generic discussion of risks and benefits of industrial facilities would have been helpful.
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