Long asserts that Fordham does not need a 45-story radio tower to meet radiation standards or to reach a wider audience.
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It was not immediately clear how severe an impact the court's rejection of the radiation standard would have on the project.
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The court noted that the EPA's own policy required that the radiation standard must be consistent with the National Academy of Sciences conclusions.
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A federal court ruled this year that the facility's proposed radiation standards failed to follow National Academy of Sciences recommendations as required by Congress.
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Recently Sen . Pete Domenici, R-N . M ., asked for the General Accounting Office in Congress to review whether radiation standards could be eased.
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If results show emissions exceed Italian radiation standards, Bordon has said he is prepared to order the electric company to pull the plug the following day.
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He said the department would work with EPA and Congress to address the court's problems with the radiation standard, rejecting suggestions that issue would endanger the project.
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While the court dismissed Nevada's key arguments, state officials focused on the court's rejection of the radiation standard and suggested that might be enough to scuttle the program.
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:: : Here is an interesting ref on radiation standards from the beginning to now and case histories of injuries : Edison 20 : 24, 13 April 2007 ( UTC)
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Fettus and Antonio Rossman, an attorney representing Nevada, argued that an environmental protection agency radiation standard for the proposed waste site that is pegged to 10, 000 years into the future is inadequate.
