EPA Finalizes Radiological Manual With 1992 Levels Despite Updated Science

EPA has quietly released a final guide for responding to radiological incidents, expanding the guide's reach while maintaining many of the protective action levels set in 1992, despite newer scientific findings EPA has adopted for other applications that one environmentalist radiation expert says should have led the agency to set stricter levels. EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy Dec. 1 signed a notice making available the final Protective Action Guides (PAGs) and Planning Guidance for Radiological Incidents, commonly known as the...