The Trump Administration Is Doing Something Horrifying to Workers at Nuclear Facilities

""They're pulling away from what's kept us safe all these years. In the long run it helped us as workers. It was keeping us from getting a higher dose." - Bradley Clawson, former nuclear energy worker."

""In particular, the NRC shall reconsider reliance on the linear no-threshold (LNT) model for radiation exposure and the 'as low as reasonably achievable' standard, which is predicated on LNT.""

"The Trump administration has forced Los Alamos National Laboratory to double its annual output of nuclear cores, increasing radiation exposure for non-nuclear workers."

The Trump administration's nuclear policies have led to the relaxation of safety regulations for nuclear workers across the US. The Department of Energy has begun to strip back protections that limited radiation exposure. This shift has raised concerns among workers, including those in non-nuclear roles, who are now at greater risk. Executive orders have prompted agencies to abandon long-standing safety assumptions, prioritizing production speed over health. Critics, including medical professionals and environmentalists, have voiced strong opposition to these changes, highlighting the potential dangers to worker safety.

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