Category: Nuclear Safety
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Radiation Protection Standards Weakened CBG and PEER to File Suit
EARLIER THIS YEAR, DESPITE YEARS OF EFFORTS by Bridge the Gap, EPA issued new Protective Action Guides (PAGs) which dramatically weaken protection of the public from exposure to radiation. The...
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True or False: Three Mile Island: America’s Worst Nuclear Accident? — Expert Weighs In (and the Answer Might Surprise You) (Pt.7)
Read the interesting article here.
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Committee to Bridge the Gap’s Comments on DTSC’s Proposed Regulations for Toxicity Criteria for Human Health Risk Assessment
Re: DTSC Reference Number R-2016-8 20 September 2017 CBG Toxicity Criteria Rule Comments (pdf) DTSC Toxicity Criteria Excel Sheet Comparison (pdf) Appropriate toxicity criteria for human health risk assessments are...
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SANTA SUSANA: The Battle for Cleanup Continues
The battle to ensure a full cleanup of the Santa Susana Field Lab increased in intensity in 2016 and 2017. The state and federal agencies that had promised cleanup took...
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DOE’s Draft EIS Violates Federal Law, DOE’s Written Agreement with California and Leaves Up to 94% of Contamination at SSFL Not Cleaned Up
On January 6, 2017 the Department of Energy (DOE) released its draft environmental impact statement (DEIS) for its proposed cleanup of Area IV of the Santa Susana Field Laboratory (SSFL),...
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Year-Long Investigation into LA’s Nuclear Secrets
All five parts of this ground-breaking investigative series can be watched by clicking here. In 2015, The investigative team from NBC4 Los Angeles, led by producers Joel Grover and Matthew...
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EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy Defends Plan for Drinking Water
Read more from NBC Bay Area here…
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How much radiation is OK in an emergency?
CBG’s Dan Hirsch is quoted in this recent report by the Santa Fe New Mexican. Click here to read.
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Sandy Silver: Quake danger at Diablo Canyon
Sandy Silver discusses the danger an earthquake poses to the Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant. Article link here
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CBG’s Annual News Letter! 2015 Edition
In this edition we discuss the slow moving progress to clean up the Santa Susana Field Laboratory. We also look at other big nuclear stories of 2015, including revelations that...
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CBG & Other Organizations Oppose Petitions to NRC to Relax Radiation Protections and Declare Radiation Good For You
Read the letters here: Comments to NRC Opposing Hormesis Petitions for Rulemaking NRDC & CBG Comments LNT Docket 19 Nov 2015
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Statement by Dan Hirsch Regarding Proposed Changes to EPA’s Radiation Protection Standards for the Uranium Fuel Cycle
Statement by Daniel Hirsch Before the Radiation Advisory Committee of the Science Advisory Board, United States Environmental Protection Agency, Regarding Proposed Changes to EPA’s Radiation Protection Standards for the Uranium...
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Edison Never Told Federal Regulators Of San Onofre Equipment Design Flaw
KPBS reports here.
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NBC4: “Dangerous Decision” Could Leave Californians Vulnerable After Nuclear Disaster
An EPA plan to consolidate resources would move the West Coast nuclear response team to Alabama, potentially leaving Californians vulnerable in the event of a nuclear disaster, NBC4’s I-Team reports.