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Arnie Gundersen, Fairewinds Associates, Testimony to the CPUC 2017-1-27

Nuclear engineer Arnie Gundersen of Fairewinds Associates, Inc., submitted testimony January 27, 2017 on behalf of Mothers for Peace in the California Public Utilities Commission Diablo Canyon Closure case. Fairewinds argues for closure of Diablo Canyon in 2019 rather than 2024.

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Photo: Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant. Credit: Los Angeles Times

Fairewinds Comments on the EPA’s Proposed Changes to the Protective Action Guidelines (PAG)

RE: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)Radioactive Protective Action Guides (PAGs) and Water PAGsDocket Number (EPA-HQ-OAR-2007-0268; FRL-9947-55-OW)Dear Janet McCabe – EPA Acting Assistant Administrator for the Office of Air and Radiation and the EPA Docket:Fairewinds Energy Education has prepared this brief report in response to the EPA’s suggested changes to its Radiation Protective Action Guidelines (PAGs).  Specifically, the EPA is suddenly recommending a huge increase to “allowable” public exposure levels from radiation releases caused by a mishap or disaster at an atomic r