Few Would Be Compensated If Fallout Advice Is Followed

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Without calling for an end to the present system of radiation fallout compensation, a new blue-ribbon study says a future method should be both more broadly applied and less geographically specific -- as well as more scientifically restrictive.

Radiation actually is not a particularly potent cancer-causer, according to the report released Thursday by the National Academy of Sciences. And if based more on scientific principles, new compensation standards would likely "result in few successful claims."

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Few Would Be Compensated If Fallout Advice Is Followed

The 372-page report, "Assessment of the Scientific Information for the Radiation Exposure Screening and Education Program," recommends widening the pool of potential claimants throughout the nation and to include people in uranium-related jobs and professions not currently covered by the federal Radiation Exposure Compensation Act.

Even then, the r...

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