[News] Nuclear Regulators Want to Delete the Rule That Keeps Radiation Doses Below the Legal Limit

The NRC has proposed removing ALARA, the fifty-year-old duty to keep radiation exposure well under the legal ceilings, while leaving the ceilings themselves unchanged.

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[News] Nuclear Regulators Want to Delete the Rule That Keeps Radiation Doses Below the Legal Limit

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