Markey releases report detailing 'radioactive roulette' played by NRC - Woburn, MA - Wo... - 0 views
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Energy Net on 22 Mar 10"Rep. Edward J. Markey, D-Mass., Chairman of the Energy and Environment Subcommittee of the Energy and Commerce Committee, today released a staff report entitled "Radioactive Roulette: How the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's Cancer Patient Radiation Rules Gamble with Public Health and Safety." The Markey staff report was prepared after reviewing NRC's latest response to an inquiry by Chairman Markey into the NRC's regulations surrounding the treatment of cancer patients with radionuclides as well as other materials. "With the release of this report, I call upon the NRC to immediately reverse its actions and stop gambling with public health and safety - and if it won't, I will introduce legislation that will direct it to do so," said Rep. Markey. "In the past, the NRC adopted a 'see no evil, hear no evil' approach to protecting members of the public from exposure to the radioactive iodine used to treat many cancer patients.""