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US Nuclear Reactor Effluent Comment Deadline for 11.59 PM Eastern (DC-NY) Time, TONIGHT, October 1st: http://www.regulations.gov/#!docketDetail;D=NRC-2014-0044

Summary of some noteworthy points re tonight’s “Nuclear Effluents” comment deadline (A longer, better documented version, is here: https://miningawareness.wordpress.com/2015/09/30/us-nuclear-reactor-effluent-comment-deadline-11-59-pm-oct-1st-us-eastern-time-dc-ny-and-related-comment-deadlines-in-november/)

This comment period should be extended. The timing undermines its stated objective of bringing it into line with the ICRP: “The NRC staff cautioned, however, that the NRC should not initiate a rulemaking to better align with these ICRP Publication 103 recommendations until the ICRP publishes its updated dose coefficients and other supporting information“, (Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 85 / Monday, May 4, 2015 / Proposed Rules p. 25239)

The stated objective of the comment period is: “input from stakeholders on the development of a regulatory basis for the NRC’s regulations governing radioactive effluents from nuclear power plants. The regulatory basis would support potential changes to better…