Radiation
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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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Local State Regulators Face Tough Questions Over Lead Contamination Near Exide Battery Plant
CBS Los Angeles reports.
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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.
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Over 100 Groups Call on EPA to Withdraw Dramatically Weakened Radiation Guides
Over 100 environmental organizations have called on U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Gina McCarthy to withdraw EPA’s controversial new Protective Action Guides (PAGs), which would allow exposure to very...
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How is Japan Recovering from Fukushima?
CBG’s Dan Hirsch talks with CCTV news regarding the status of Fukushima cleanup efforts.
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Crews rush to clean up contaminated nuclear lab, rocket site outside of Los Angeles by 2017
The Washington Post reports on cleanup efforts at SSFL.
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CBG Releases Report Showing Radioactive Waste Was Sent to Recyclers and Landfills Not Licensed or Designed for Nuclear Waste
The Committee to Bridge the Gap has released a 114 page study by Daniel Hirsch and Ethan Miska disclosing that the California Department of Toxic Substances Control and the Department...
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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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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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DOE Proposes Unrestricted Recycling of Radioactive Metals Into Consumer Goods
In a stunning development, the United States Department of Energy (DOE) has proposed reversing a twelve year old policy that prohibits the use of recycled radioactive scrap metal materials in...
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Failure of EPA Fukushima U.S. Radiation Monitoring
With a plume of radioactivity headed to the U.S. from the three melting reactors in Japan, Environmental Protection Agency personnel scurried to send out sensitive deployable radiation monitors to fill...
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Radio Frequency (RF) Radiation from “SmartMeters”
February 11, 2011 — A recent report from the California Council on Science and Technology, requested by state legislators to assess potential risks from RF radiation from “SmartMeters” (new electric...
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CBG, NIRS, Sierra Club Critique “Non-Protective” NRC Radiation Standards
February 10, 2011 — NRC radiation standards allow workers to be exposed to radiation at levels that will cause cancer in a quarter of those exposed, according to the federal...