WASHINGTON, D.C. - Third District Congressman Jon Porter issued the following statement in response to the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) proposed radiation standard:

“The EPA's so-called 'health standard' projections for determining what is a safe level of radiation exposure for Nevadans are irrational and misguided.  Where’s the proof that an additional 350 millirem per year of radiation won’t have a negative impact on a human being?  That contravenes 50 years of radiation science.  The only real way to protect the health and safety of Nevadans is to make sure Yucca Mountain never becomes a repository for the nation's nuclear waste.”

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