And that the citizens in the State of Nevada--we were admitted to the Union, if I recall, before the good State of New Mexico--but somehow for the rest of America, they have a 4-millirem standard for safe drinking water, at another nuclear storage area in our country they are proposing 15 millirems, but in the State of Nevada from a sole source, a single source, they are suggesting that Nevadans would have to accept a standard of 100 millirems from one source on an annual basis? Is that what they are suggesting?
William Bryan: “And that the citizens in the State of Nevada--we were admitted to the Union, if I recall, before the good State of New…”
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Addressing disparities in radiation standards for safe drinking water in Nevada compared to other states.
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