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USA Nuclear Regulatory Commission seriously considering quack science of “radiation hormesis” !

Linear No-Threshold Model and Standards for Protection Against Radiation, Office of the Federal Register USA

A Proposed Rule by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission on 06/23/2015   This document has a comment period that ends in 46 days (09/08/2015)

ACTION

Petition For Rulemaking; Notice Of Docketing And Request For Comment.

SUMMARY

quackThe U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has received three petitions for rulemaking (PRM) requesting that the NRC amend its “Standards for Protection Against Radiation” regulations and change the basis of those regulations from the Linear No-Threshold (LNT) model of radiation protection to the radiation hormesis model.

The radiation hormesis model provides that exposure of the human body to low levels of ionizing radiation is beneficial and protects the human body against deleterious effects of high levels of radiation.

Whereas, the LNT model provides that radiation is always considered harmful, there is no safety threshold, and biological damage caused by ionizing radiation (essentially the cancer risk) is directly proportional to the amount of radiation exposure to the human body (response linearity). ………The NRC is examining the issues raised in these petitions to determine whether they should be considered in rulemaking.

The NRC is requesting public comments on these petitions for rulemaking………

Submit comments by September 8, 2015. Comments received after this date will be considered if it is practical to do so, but the NRC is able to assure consideration only for comments received on or before this date.

ADDRESSES:

You may submit comments by any of the following methods (unless this document describes a different method for submitting comments on a specific subject):……. https://www.federalregister.gov/articles/2015/06/23/2015-15441/linear-no-threshold-model-and-standards-for-protection-against-radiation

 

July 24, 2015 - Posted by | politics, USA

1 Comment »

  1. Thank you for raising public awareness about this.

    Please note that the commenting period has been extended to NOVEMBER 19th.

    Also there is this petition (which suspiciously keeps getting marked as spam by disqus, etc, but is not spam)

    www DOT change DOT org/p/united-states-nuclear-regulatory-commission-protect-children-from-radiation-exposure

    Guest's avatar Comment by Guest | September 6, 2015 | Reply


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