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The principle that radiation exposure should be as low as possible to protect human health has endured at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission for more than half a century. The NRC is now taking its ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Photo: Jeremy Poland/iStock Unreasonably strict radiation exposure limits are holding back nuclear power development, according to ...