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In Milwaukee, tens of thousands of households still receive drinking water through lead service lines. The pipes were installed many decades before medical research made clear that even a small amount of lead is toxic, particularly for small children. After the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources advised that municipalities…

Two proposed NRC rulemakings reflect the agency’s broader shift toward a more risk-informed, technology-neutral and flexible approach to fitness-for-duty (FFD) regulation, including updates to Part 26 and a new framework for microreactors. The proposals would modernize FFD requirements by expanding the use of drug-testing technologies, remote fitness assessments and risk-based fatigue management while eliminating duplicative…