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Executive Order: NRC Now Tasked w/"ENABLING" New Nukes?!? Stupid/Dangerous Nuclear Languaging Tricks - Cindy Folkers

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Cindy Folkers reveals there is no safe threshold for radiation exposure, contradicting industry claims.
This episode of Nuclear Hot Seat features an interview with radiation expert Cindy Folkers, who discusses recent executive orders pressuring the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to enable more nuclear reactors and weaken radiation safety standards. The show also covers nuclear news, including a wastewater leak in Ohio and anti-nuclear activism stories, emphasizing the dangers of nuclear technology and the need for public action.

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A forceful case that a safety regulator should not be pushed to promote the technology it is meant to police.

This episode makes a pointed argument that an executive order urging the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to help bring more reactors online runs against an agency meant to protect people and the environment, not advance a technology.

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If you want the case against a safe radiation threshold, this episode cuts straight through it.

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