[ RadSafe ] proposed 1-million-year radiation protection standard "obscenely lax and dangerous"

[Franta, Jaroslav]

NUCLEAR NEWS FLASHES - Wednesday, August 10, 2005
U.S. NEWS:
--NEVADA MADE IT CLEAR IT WILL SUE EPA IF THE PROPOSED YUCCA MOUNTAIN
standard the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) unveiled yesterday is
finalized. Nevada Attorney General Brian Sandoval called the proposed
1-million-year radiation protection standard for a nuclear waste repository
at Yucca Mountain, Nev. "obscenely lax and dangerous." It's as though EPA
"threw up their arms and gave the project a pass," Sandoval said. In a joint
statement issued yesterday, Sandoval and Gov. Kenny Guinn said the proposal
would allow Nevada's future residents to receive 100 times more radiation
exposure than what the federal government now permits for residents near
nuclear power plants. The proposal applies a far stricter standard when the
repository is not leaking than when radiation releases would occur, they
said.












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