White House Approves Rollback of Cleanup Standards for Nuclear Incidents

[Ichingcarpenter]

Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility

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The White House has given final approval for dramatically raising permissible radioactive levels in drinking water and soil following “radiological incidents,” such as nuclear power-plant accidents and dirty bombs. The final version, slated for Federal Register publication, is a win for the nuclear industry which seeks what its proponents call a “new normal” for radiation exposure among the U.S population, according Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER


Issued by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the radiation guides (called Protective Action Guides or PAGs) allow cleanup many times more lax than anything EPA has ever before accepted. These guides govern evacuations, shelter-in-place orders, food restrictions and other actions following a wide range of “radiological emergencies.” The Obama administration blocked a version of these PAGs from going into effect during its first days in office. The version given approval late last Friday is substantially similar to those proposed under Bush but duck some of the most controversial aspects:


In soil, the PAGs allow long-term public exposure to radiation in amounts as high as 2,000 millirems. This would, in effect, increase a longstanding one in 10,000 person cancer rate to a rate of 1 in 23 persons exposed over a 30-year period;


In water, the PAGs punt on an exact new standard and EPA “continues to seek input on this.” But the thrust of the PAGs is to give on-site authorities much greater “flexibility” in setting aside established limits; and
Resolves an internal fight inside EPA between nuclear versus public health specialists in favor of the former. The PAGs are the product of Gina McCarthy, the assistant administrator for air and radiation whose nomination to serve as EPA Administrator is taken up this week by the Senate.


http://ecowatch.com/2013/white-house-approves-rollback-of-cleanup-standards-nuclear-incidents/




this is an old graph. on safety

[byeya]

1. Most of what I've read says that there's no safe dose of radiation and that background

radiation, which varies from place to place over the earth, can and does cause mutations.
So instead of protecting the lives of the citizens - especially the children and fetuses - the administration says, Tough, we'll be out of office before you get your cancer.

Nice.

[Ichingcarpenter]

2. I think these new bush standards

are because of

'what is coming'
to make it normal and not to be alarmed with new readings.

To desensitize you to the violence they are doing to you.

I guess it a chain that's on the table now.
That we need to put on ourselves.

The Nazis did that

But all we now are the banks that ........

[woo me with science]

3. kick

[woo me with science]

4. kick