What radiation exposure limits are set for the public from uranium recovery projects?
As an agreement state, the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment and the Colorado Department of Natural Resources’ Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety, along with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, oversee the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s limit on radiation exposure for any member of the public from a uranium extraction facility at 25 millirems per year, with the condition that exposure be less if reasonably possible. This limit is one-sixteenth of the average amount of radiation (400 millirems) that a Colorado citizen receives each year from natural sources alone. Powertech intends to maintain exposures well below this limit and will follow other requirements issued by regulatory agencies.
