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Topic: radiation

Cooling towers at a nuclear power plant.
Politics
Thursday, 7/2, 05:38 PM

US Moves to Scrap a 50-Year-Old Radiation Safety Rule to Speed Nuclear Power

  • Federal regulators are moving to rewrite the rules that have governed radiation exposure for half a century, part of a push to build nuclear power faster.
  • Supporters call the old standards outdated and needlessly costly; critics warn that loosening them could put workers and communities at risk.
  • The science of low-dose radiation sits at the center of the fight.

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