Federal plans to regulate the biotechnology industry have been published by the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy in the 31 December 1984 Federal Register. The report describes how the Environmental Protection Agency, the Food and Drug Administration, and the Department of Agriculture intend to use current laws and guidelines to r...
The risk figures for a severe nuclear accident assuming 1000 reactors in operation given in the News and Comment briefing "Using experience to calculate nuclear risk" (23 July, p. 338) did not accurately reflect the probabilities cited in the NRC report. An accurate rendition is as follows: With 74 reactors in operation (the present number) and if ...