EPA AFFIRMS DISPUTED RADIATION LIMITS IN PENDING YUCCA MOUNTAIN RULE

EPA is reaffirming its support for agency models used to assess radiation levels and health risks at the proposed nuclear waste disposal facility at Yucca Mountain, NV, in a move that critics say shows EPA plans to include a controversial compliance period when it finalizes a key radiation rule perhaps as soon as this month. The agency's support of the approach, submitted last month to the federal docket for the rule, came just days before EPA submitted the rule to...