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Why radiation protection experts are concerned over EPA proposal

  • Written by Ferenc Dalnoki-Veress, Scientist-in-Residence and Adjunct Professor, Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey
Nuclear reactor on the Hudson River, north of New York City.mandritoiu / Shutterstock.com

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