Allowable Risks from Exposure to Substances That Cause Stochastic or Deterministic Effects

3 Allowable Risks from Exposure to Substances That Cause Stochastic or Deterministic Effects 

The risk-based waste classification system developed in this Report is based fundamentally on the concepts of negligible (de minimis) and acceptable (barely tolerable) risks from exposure to radionuclides and hazardous chemicals, with the crucial distinction that acceptable risks generally can be considerably higher than negligible risks. Therefore, in implementing the waste classification system, decisions would need to be made by regulatory authorities about 

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