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NRC Proposes Tighter Nuclear Device Licensing

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Wednesday, August 12th, 2009

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By Jeff Beattie The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), responding to radioactive "dirty bomb" concerns, last week announced a proposal to tighten oversight of certain industrial gauges, medical devices and other equipment containing nuclear material that are used by hundreds of companies, hospitals and research institutions. While the agency already has clamped down on industrial "sources" containing relatively high levels of radioactivity, the new proposal extends such regulation to sources with lesser levels of nuclear materials. However, the commission rejected a…

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