Despite heightened safety concerns about earthquake impacts on nuclear facilities--and new questions about its seismic analyses--the Energy Department has rejected a recommendation by a federal safety oversight board that the department establish clear requirements for its site operating contractors to prevent potential offsite radiation doses from worst-case accidents from exceeding 25 rems, the level now set by a non-binding DOE guideline. |
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