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6 Symposium Participants' Considerations for a Future Low Dose Radiation Research Program
Pages 67-78

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... This chapter provides an integrated summary of the participants' thoughts on these issues as well as opinions on possible next steps. 6.1 POSSIBLE ELEMENTS OF A LOW DOSE RADIATION RESEARCH PROGRAM The rapporteur distilled eight elements that could facilitate establishing and maintaining a successful low dose radiation research program: (1)
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From page 68...
... 6.1.2 Appropriate Model for Organizing the Research A future low dose radiation research program in the United States has almost exclusively been thought to follow the same model as the previous Department of Energy (DOE) -managed program that was terminated in 2016.
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... An example of organized research that uses this model was the Airborne Particulate Matter Research Program presented in Section 5.1.1. The National Academies oversaw the program and provided the strategic plan for its execution.
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... 11% All of the above 71% FIGURE 6.1  Slido poll on ways to catalyze development of a long-term low dose radiation research program. Figure 6.1 8.
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... Dr. Ansari suggested that to identify the issues of highest priority for the low dose radiation research program, a process similar to the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's)
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... Dr. Paul Locke challenged the symposium participants further and asked whether there is a need to integrate social science and specifically risk communication research in a future low dose radiation research program in the United States.
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... She added that this message would need to be adjusted as new knowledge about low dose radiation risks becomes available through the low dose research program or other sources but also by learning how non radiation experts communicate risks from other hazards.
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... A symposium participant said that the low dose research program could help improve risk communication through audience research aiming to identify the stakeholders' con cerns and support technical scientific projects that directly address those concerns. For example, a common concern is whether the radiation protection system sufficiently protects those with higher sensitivity to the adverse effects of low dose radiation.
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... Symposium participants discussed that independent review can happen at different stages: to decide what projects are funded by the program, to monitor progress of the projects and improve them or identify projects that lack technical merit and need to be discontinued, and to evaluate whether findings from the project are described accurately. 6.1.7 Infrastructure Experience from MELODI, TCGA, and other programs showed that significant investments could help build the infrastructure for carrying out large research programs, especially if they involve multiple organizations.
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From page 76...
... He cited different inter-agency policies for data and biosample sharing as the biggest impediment. 6.1.8 Sustainable Funding Symposium participants who responded to the Slido poll on important elements for the success of a low dose radiation research program thought that sustainable funding is the most important one (see Figure 6.4)
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From page 77...
... • Funding for low dose radiation research at the Canadian Nuclear Laboratories is $7 million per year. • In 1997, Congress appropriated $50 million for EPA to establish a research program on particulate matter (PM2.5)
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... 6.2 SOME POSSIBLE NEXT STEPS SUGGESTED AT THE SYMPOSIUM In closing, Dr. Gray gave symposium participants a task: to send via Slido their opinion on how to move forward with setting up a low dose radiation research program.
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