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... If the radionuclides in the environment are measured and kept below a predefined limit, excessive doses to members of the public can be avoided. That approach has been generally successful, and the risk associated with additional radiation exposure of members of the public has in many cases been smaller than risks associated with large industrial facilities in their vicinities.
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... Given the extensive record search, it is unlikely that important documents that would reduce the uncertainty or change the magnitude of the dose estimates remain to be discovered. There are some differences between the approaches used by RAC and approaches that might have been recommended by the National Research Council committee.
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... The committee is concerned that RAC's overestimation of doses received by the population Dom radon, although prudent, might produce some undeserved apprehension on the part of some citizens and should be carefully presented. While parts of the summary booklet of the report intended to present the risk estimations are well written, other parts do a poor job of overall risk communication.
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