Number	16110
Subject	Radiation
Source	Record (Hackensack, N.J.)
State	New Jersey
Year	1999
Publication Date	Feb. 20, 1999; Nov. 21-25, 1999
Summary	The Record reveals that dozens of people every year receive "radiation overexposure by coming across abandoned radioactive devices in the public domain. A large hole in the federal regulatory safety net has allowed 1.5 million small radioactive devices to go unlicensed."
Category	Contest Entry
Pages	56
Keywords	NRC Nuclear Regulatory Commission inspectors contaminated recycled materials
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