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Advisory Panel on Public Policy

The National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements (NCRP) has become an increasingly important source of information for the development of radiation safety programs and policies by federal, state and local governments, private sector organizations, and the medical community. In 2006 the Board of Directors completed an evaluation of the importance of NCRP’s publications in providing the scientific basis for regulatory and public policy decisions by government agencies and by radiation safety officials in both government and the private sector.

As an outcome of this review, the Board of Directors voted at its meeting on September 21-22, 2006 to form an Advisory Panel on Public Policy. The Advisory Panel will have the following responsibilities:

  1. identify policy implications of NCRP publications,

  2. suggest members or serve as members of new NCRP scientific committees whose topics relate to public policy,

  3. provide advice and wording on public policy issues when needed for NCRP reports, and

  4. ensure that NCRP communications make it clear that NCRP’s publications provide scientific information and recommendations to assist policy makers, but that NCRP does not participate in policy decisions.

It is anticipated that the Advisory Panel’s activities will be of value to the NCRP Directorate in strengthening its approach to, and management of, new report and conference activities with public policy implications.

Members of the Advisory Panel on Public Policy will be members of the Council with relevant experience and expertise. The following members have been appointed as the initial members of the Advisory Panel:

J.F. Ahearne
S.M. Becker
M.E. Clark
D.C. Kocher
J.A. Lipoti
P.A. Locke
C.W. Miller
P. Slovic
C.G. Whipple
S.D. Wiltshire
T.S. Tenforde, NCRP Contact

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