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The Department of Energy ends ALARA

Last fall, Energy Secretary Chris Wright told the audience at Senator John Curtis’ (R-UT) conservative climate summit that “nuclear is going to become sexy again.” For policy wonks and proponents of ...

As Trump boosts nuclear power, regulators seek to eliminate a longstanding radiation safety practice

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is proposing to eliminate a foundational safety principle that has for 50 years minimized ...
Ars Technica

NRC is (sort of) getting rid of “as low as reasonably achievable” standard

Last week, just before the US started its break for the July Fourth holiday, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) proposed a new rule that would change how it regulated exposure to radiation. The ...

US nuclear power regulator proposes changing rule protecting people from radiation

By Timothy Gardner WASHINGTON, July 1 (Reuters) - The U.S. nuclear power regulator on Wednesday proposed changes to a rule protecting people from radiation, the latest proposal pushed by the Trump ...

Trump’s nuclear plan could rewrite the rules on radiation exposure

A 50-year radiation safety rule is on the chopping block under Trump’s nuclear agenda - The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is ...
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Bayer partners with Alara Imaging to standardize radiation in CT scans

Radiation doses from computed tomography (CT) scans on patients are variable across patients and hospitals; those radiation doses that are beyond what are necessary to perform adequate CT scans can ...