Category: Dirty Bomb
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EPA Says Higher Radiation Levels Pose ‘No Harmful Health Effect’
Bloomberg News reports on EPA’s plan to raise radiation standards. Click here. In the event of a dirty bomb or a nuclear meltdown, emergency responders can safely tolerate radiation levels...
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EPA Dramatically Weakens Radiation Protections
EPA has just issued (April 15, 2013) new Protective Action Guides (PAGs) for dealing with radioactive releases. The new PAGs are in many ways worse than the extremely weak PAGs...
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EPA Relaxes Public Health Guidelines For Radiological Attacks, Accidents
NTI reports on the Obama Administration’s efforts to deregulate the cleanup of nuclear accidents.
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Watchdog Groups Blast White House-Backed Nuclear Cleanup Study
nextgov.com reports.
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White House Supports Rollback of Cleanup Standards for Nuclear Incidents
In a stunning reversal, it appears that the Obama Administration is poised to rollback cleanup standards for nuclear incidents: The White House has endorsed a plan to relax long-held standards...
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Federal Report Could Lead To Greater Cancer Risk at Dirty Bomb Sites
Global Security Newswire and the National Journal report: People living near the site of a radiological attack could face greater cancer risks then what the government would normally allow if...
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Department of Homeland Security’s “Dirty Bomb” Guidance
Allowing High Long-Term Radiation Doses to the Public Without Cleanup Dan Hirsch presentation to the American Association for the Advancement of Science Click here to view the slides Click here...