European Parliament 19 March 1997, WRITTEN QUESTION No. 1030/97 by Hiltrud BREYER to the Commission. Risk to the health of the public and employees as a result of underestimating neutron radiation during transport of highly radioactive waste

C 373/52 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 9 . 12 . 97 many indications in radiation biology experiments that the relative biological impact of neutrons, especially in low doses, is still much higher than originally assumed, these scientists proposed a quality factor of 25 irrespective of the energy of the neutrons (ICRU 40 1986). 1 .