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From NPR, two days ago:

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is preparing to change a foundational rule designed to minimize radiation exposure. The update is part of President Trump’s expansive changes to nuclear oversight, as his administration seeks to revive nuclear energy to power data centers for artificial intelligence.

Under a new proposed rule, the agency is eliminating a 50-year-old standard known as “As Low As Reasonably Achievable” (ALARA), which requires the nuclear industry to drive radiation exposure for workers and the public below the stated limits where possible. The new rule also creates a carveout for some workers to get higher exposures to radiation in special circumstances.

Some warn that the change could lay the groundwork for higher radiation exposures.

“Removing it would remove that incentive for these companies to continue to maintain the practices that protected their workers and the public,” said Edwin Lyman, director of nuclear power safety at the Union of Concerned Scientists, a watchdog group. https://www.npr.org/2026/08/27/nx-s1-5920368/nrc-nuclear-radiation-safety-rules-alara-update

Thee are comparable risk in Scotland:

UK may follow US lowering nuclear safety standards to increase worker risk of cancer by 20%

The consequences are horrific to consider:

Shocking latest US research finds 80 000 unnecessary breast and other cancers near nuclear power stations to further condemn Scottish Labour’s energy strategy

As thyroid cancer surges globally a serious warning from Japan for Scotland on Labour’s nuclear energy obsession

Energy Minister shanks hails Scots having to clean up after a French-owned nuclear power station where some of the remaining radioactive isotopes in the soil will last in excess of 13 billion years and which caused the highest cancer level in Europe

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