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Bill Foster: “It's what you do when you say since I do not know whether or not this may be dangerous, in the absence of better…”

On the recordOctober 31, 2017
It's what you do when you say since I do not know whether or not this may be dangerous, in the absence of better numbers, let us do as much as reasonably achievable.
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Bill Foster
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Foster describes ALARA as a response to uncertainty in safety measurements.

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