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LA’s Nuclear Secret: A Call For Action
NBC aired the fifth segment of its year-long and ongoing investigation into SSFL, “LA’s Nuclear Secret: Call For Action,” on December 14, 2015, revealing that Boeing now estimates that as many as 96 people out of 100 would get cancer…
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 the EPA’s radiation monitoring system is “broken” and the significant…
Racist remarks in emails put California officials on defensive
The Sacramento Bee reports here.
CBG & Other Groups Oppose EPA’s Proposed Huge Increase in Permissible Radioactivity in Drinking Water
Read the group letter by clicking here. On December 5, 2015, OMB received for review from the US EPA proposed changes to its Protective Action Guides (PAGs) for responding to radiological releases. Press reports indicate that the proposals would markedly…
ATSDR Rejects Petition to Repudiate SSFL Health Studies, Cleanup
The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) announced on December 7th that it will reverse course on plans to get involved at the Santa Susana Field Laboratory (SSFL). The announcement comes after months of public outcry over ATSDR’s…
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
NBC4 Investigates Potential Offsite SSFL Contamination
On Tuesday November 9, NBC4 aired a new installment in its investigation of the contamination at the Santa Susana Field Laboratory. “LA’s Nuclear Secret: Camp Cover-Up” revealed new documents regarding contaminants from SSFL that have migrated to the Brandeis-Bardin Institute,…
Stand-down order at San Onofre questioned
The plant is closed. but radioactive material remains The San Diego Union Tribune Reports
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 Fuel Cycle 10 November 2015 “I am struck by what…