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| 'It's outrageous,' said Daniel Hirsch, head of Committee to Bridge the Gap, a group that studies nuclear risk. 'They are permitting much higher doses than are protective of the public, and appear to be doing so as part of an overall effort to relax public radiation protections.' Hirsch referred to a companion proposal, also controversial, that would relax or eliminate the Environmental Protection Agency's guidelines on allowable radiation exposure from a wide variety of other sources, including nuclear power plants, dumpsites and even airport security devices. |
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