nuclear industry's trade association
Coverage of nuclear industry's trade association in the Nexus archive.
- As Trump boosts nuclear power, regulators seek to eliminate a longstanding radiation safety rule
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is proposing to eliminate the ALARA principle, a 50-year-old radiation safety standard requiring radiation exposure to be minimized. This change comes as President Donald Trump seeks to expand nuclear energy production. The NRC claims the shift to a 'graded approach' clarifies safety standards without lowering limits, while the Energy Department has already stopped using ALARA.
- As Trump boosts nuclear power, regulators seek to eliminate a longstanding radiation safety rule
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) proposes to eliminate the ALARA radiation safety principle, which has minimized public and worker radiation exposure for 50 years, replacing it with a graded approach. This comes as President Trump seeks to expand nuclear energy production, and the NRC claims the change clarifies standards without lowering safety limits.