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1. Failla, G., Statement on Radiation Protection Standards. Selected Materials
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Approved by the President and Printed in the Federal Register, May

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18, 1960.

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Representative Price. Thank you, Dr. Parker.
Dr. Parker, on page 2 you state that the basis for most of the standards used today are the recommendations of the ICRP and the NCRP
and that this situation is essentially unchanged today. What then is
the role of such an agency as the FRC?
_ Mr. Parxer. This, sir, in no way downgrades the role of that very
important body. I am separating rather, and perhaps even artificially, basic standards, the broad outlook on what has to be done in
the technical area. You will recall previous discussions in whichit is
agreed that one never completely separates the technical area from
other areas of judgment.
In the technical area the standardsarestill essentially those put together by these two bodies. We conceive a Federal Radiation Council
role as continuing to apply value judgments which are indeed noless
important than the basic technical judgments and making these available to the Nation.

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