UPDATE: COMMENT BY JULY 25 — STOP radiation health menace

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), hosted a pre-decisional public meeting on July 16, 1-5:30 PM ET, to take VERBAL comments on Trump Executive Order (EO) 14300 Section 5(b), which directs the NRC to “reconsider” its use of the linear no threshold (LNT) model for radiation exposure. NRC views this as an “opportunity” to “enable the nation’s use of nuclear power.”

The NRC will continue to take WRITTEN comments with no official deadline, but by JULY 25, 2025 is better if you want to have pre-decision impact on the NRC staff development of NRC responses to the EO. Email your comments to [email protected] AND [email protected]. Slides of the NRC meeting presentation and guest presenters have been posted. There will be a recording posted soon of the July 16 meeting.

The LNT holds that radiation damage increases with increasing exposures, and that harm is posed by all radiation exposure no matter how small. In fact, health studies continue to indicate that MORE protection is needed for non cancer impacts, and for radionuclides taken internally, than currently provided by the LNT. More meeting information.