Re: Hanford Revisited.....

["Sandy Perle" <sandyfl@earthlink.net>]

Al Tschaeche said:

> I trust that this will work better than the NRC cost-benefit regulations
> did vis-a-vis 10CFR20 revision.  As I remember it, the NRC found the
> proposed revision not to be cost beneficial.  But it was promulgated
> anyway.  So much for cost-benefit regulations.  Hopefully laws will be
> more powerful than regulations.

Not only did the NRC in the preamble state that there was no cost 
benefit, but would actually cost the facilities more, they also said 
that there would no significant reduction in dose based on the 
revision!

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