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White House Supports Rollback of Cleanup Standards for Nuclear Incidents

Administration would relax long-held standards for cleaning up radioactive material released through disaster or acts of terrorism.

  • By Douglas P. Guarino, Global Security Newswire
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NRC: New Nuclear Plant Safety Measures Not Premature But Final Decision Pending

In the wake of the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant meltdowns in Japan, the commission has identified a host of potential ways to improve the security and safety of U.S. reactors

  • By Douglas P. Guarino, Global Security Newswire
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Energy Officials Are Divided Over Nuclear Agency's Future

Break-in at the Y-12 weapons complex raises questions about NNSA stewardship.

  • By Douglas P. Guarino, Global Security Newswire
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EPA withholds information on dirty bomb report

The information could reveal whether the officials are speaking out against their own agency’s long-held health standards.

  • By Douglas P. Guarino, Global Security Newswire
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Bills would impose tougher chemical security rules

One of the measureswould impose additional requirements on industry through DHS's Chemical Facility Antiterrorism Standards.

  • By Douglas P. Guarino, Global Security Newswire
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Obama administration weighing more aggressive medical isotope policies

White House said it would look to favor buying medical isotopes produced without the use of bomb-grade uranium.

  • By Douglas P. Guarino, Global Security Newswire
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North Korea's failed rocket launch prompts missile defense questions

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  • By Douglas P. Guarino
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