Sources and Effects of Ionizing Radiation

During the last few years the United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation (UNSCEAR) has undertaken a broad review of the sources and effects of ionizing radiation. Nine scientific annexes on particular subjects were issued in the UNSCEAR 1993 Report. Two further annexes have been completed, and these comprise the UNSCEAR 1994 Report. In this report the Committee summarizes the main conclusions of the two scientific annexes "Epidemiological studies of radiation carcinogenesis" and "Adaptive responses to radiation in cells and organisms." In addition, the Committee is reviewing the effects of radiation on the natural environment.