BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
BUSINESS LAW
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Ensure safety to commercial use of nuclear materials
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Handle air, solid waste, toxic substances and pesticides
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Help to protect conservation issues
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Screen, test, and report chemicals that pose a threat to the environment
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Detailed explanation-1: -The NRC licenses and regulates the Nation’s civilian use of radioactive materials, to provide reasonable assurance of adequate protection of public health and safety, to promote the common defense and security, and to protect the environment.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Three Mile Island Unit 2 reactor, near Middletown, Pa., partially melted down on March 28, 1979. This was the most serious accident in U.S. commercial nuclear power plant operating history, although its small radioactive releases had no detectable health effects on plant workers or the public.
Detailed explanation-3: -The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) was created as an independent agency by Congress in 1974 to ensure the safe use of radioactive materials for beneficial civilian purposes while protecting people and the environment.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Atomic Energy Act of 1962 governs the use of radioactive materials and radiation generating equipment. Under section 30 of this Act; the Central Government has issued The Atomic Energy (Safe disposal of radioactive waste) Rules, GSR-125, 1987.