, EPA submitted to the US Office of Management and Budget (OMB) proposed Protection Action Guidance(PAGs) on radioactivity in water after a nuclear incident, not just big dirty bomb attacks or Fukushima/Chernobyl type accidents, but even smaller events like radiopharmaceutical transport spills. NIRS and organizations across the country oppose weakening the water protections—specifically in the phase after the immediate response—that is for the intermediate cleanup phase that could last years—EPA’s proposal had been to increase allowable radioactivity in water tens, hundreds or more times the Safe Drinking Water levels (Maximum Concentration Levels MCLs). Groups requested a meeting with OMB.
