On June 6th Mike Flynn, Director of EPA's Office of Radiation and Indoor Air (ORIA), announced the availability of the updated EPA Radiogenic Cancer Risk Models and Projections for the U.S. Population (EPA 402-R-11-001, April 2011), also known as the Blue Book. Mike noted that,
"This update revises EPA's methodology for estimating cancer risks from radiation exposure and contains calculations for cancer risk estimates separately by age at exposure, sex, and potentially affected organ. The majority of the revision is based on the National Research Council's latest report on Biological Effects of Ionizing Radiation (BEIR VII).
The Blue Book is available on EPA’s radiation protection website at http://www.epa.gov/radiation/ and on the Federal Register at http://www.regulations.gov/#!documentDetail;D=EPA-HQ-OAR-2011-0436-0001. Please feel free to share these links with anyone who might be interested in the revised Blue Book. If you have any questions or comments, please contact David Pawel of my office at pawel.david@epa.gov."
Visit http://www.epa.gov/radiation/ for more information.
Philip Jalbert
United States