Evaluation of the NESHAP radiological risk assessment

The Environmental Protection Agency performed a risk assessment as a basis for the National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants. This paper compares the Environmental Protection Agency's risk assessment with the models used by the National Research Council's fifth Committee on the Biological Effects of Ionizing Radiations, the United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation, and the International Commission on Radiological Protection. Comparison of the parameters used by each organization suggests that the Environmental Protection Agency could improve its own risk assessment by adopting one of the assessments done by the BEIR V Committee, the United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation, and the International Commission on Radiological Protection.