The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Radiation Exposure Information Reporting System (REIRS)

Moon, Mars and Minds: Evaluating Parkinson’s disease mortality among U.S. radiation workers and veterans in the million person study of low-dose effects

“…Cohort identification relies upon previously conducted studies [36] and the availability of central dosimetry repositories [6] , [40] , [45] , [46] , [47] , [48] , [49] , [50] . Vital status determination and cause of death are obtained following a multistage approach with multiple sources of information that include state maintained vital statistics files and national databases of the Social Security Administration Death Master File (SSA-DMF), the National Death Index (NDI) and the SSA Service for Epidemiological Researchers (SSA-SER), along with publicly available data, ancestry services, and death certificates [51] .…”

The Improvement of the Regional Regulatory Governance System for Radiation Risk Management: Spatial Analysis on Radiation Hazards in South Korea

“…The IAEA stated that operators should fulfill their organizational and technical responsibilities for on-site safety in preparation for a radiological emergency, and regulatory authorities should set safety standards and establish an emergency management system in advance [2]. NRC emphasized the importance of information on radiation exposure for establishing an accurate radiation policy [2,34]. Through this, NRC tried to compare the radiation exposure to workers and the potential public risk and to establish necessary policy alternatives [35].…”