What’s the half-life of a government agency? We’ll get the chance to find out. Or rather, our descendants will get to find out. Or whatever we evolve into, if that’s what you belive, will eventually find out: WASHINGTON (AP)–The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is proposing revised radiation exposure limits for a proposed nuclear waste dump in Nevada that the agency believes will safeguard the public for 1 million years, agency officials said Tuesday. The revised proposed standard is intended to satisfy a court decision a year ago that said the EPA’s initial requirements were inadequate. The ruling threatened to cripple … Continue reading The Half-Life of Government Agencies