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... In some cases for example, those involving carcinogens-it may be possible to compare risks that have common conservative assumptions and arrive at a reasonable relative ranking. But for dissimilar technologies for example, coal and nuclear electricity the comparison of conservative risk estimates does not include conservative assumptions common to both estimates.
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  • conservative assumptions
  • public risk
  • risk estimates
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  • uncertain risks

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  • risk estimate


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