The Environmental Protection Agency is considering a review of its 1977 rule that limits the amount of whole-body radiation that any member of the public can be exposed to as a result of the uranium fuel cycle.
While they have not made any immediate determination to change the current level of 0.25 millisieverts per year of allowable radiation, they are reviewing the scientific data to decide if changes need to be made.
Items under review include water resource protection, spent fuel storage facilities and alternative technologies that weren’t previously developed when the initial regulation was put in place.
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