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Topic: small-modular-reactors

NRC plan drops ALARA and raises emissions benchmark; public dose limit unchanged

Verdicts: 2 True, 2 Mostly True, 2 Mixed, 1 Unproven, 1 False

A proposed NRC rule would scrap ALARA and lift a reactor emissions benchmark from 10 to 25 mrem a year. The 100 mrem public dose limit stays, and nothing is final yet.

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