Yeah the NRC is, but not the EPA. That's not their job and going in and fiddling with dangerous shit yourself is irresponsible. The real villain is the lack of inter-departmental communication, as always
It is an environmental hazard, but that is not EPA jurisdiction to dispose of. The NRC exists specifically for things like this, in fact its predecessor the AEC was split into two departments, the ERDA for research and the like, and the NRC for safety concerns. With expressed protections for whistleblowers working on nuclear projects they have concerns over. Even if it was EPA territory, he brought a cop and a worker and just shut it down, which is not disposal by any stretch of the imagination
The shutdown could've been avoided if Venkman hadn't been a prick to him and complied with the EPA when he first showed up
Eh probably not governments tend to be touchy about people running unlicensed nuclear programs in major cities
They could've probably showed the authorities Slimer or any of the other paranormal entities they caught
Yeah the NRC is, but not the EPA. That's not their job and going in and fiddling with dangerous shit yourself is irresponsible. The real villain is the lack of inter-departmental communication, as always
I don't know I could see an unlicensed nuclear reactor being an environmental hazard and the waste disposal would probably fall under EPA juristiction
It is an environmental hazard, but that is not EPA jurisdiction to dispose of. The NRC exists specifically for things like this, in fact its predecessor the AEC was split into two departments, the ERDA for research and the like, and the NRC for safety concerns. With expressed protections for whistleblowers working on nuclear projects they have concerns over. Even if it was EPA territory, he brought a cop and a worker and just shut it down, which is not disposal by any stretch of the imagination