Found it: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=7445131
His name is Edward McGaffigan, one of the five commissioners of the NRC. "[He] says if there was one thing he could convince people of about nuclear power it's that radiation is everywhere, and its risks should be kept in perspective. "We self-irradiate ourselves at 40 millirems (a unit for measuring small doses of radiation) per year because of the potassium 40 we carry in our bodies. "[In] double beds, you know your spouse will irradiate you to about 2 or 3 millirems a year," McGaffigan said. "These are doses we actually regulate at. And I've always wondered, when people demand even tighter [nuclear] regulation, why they're not demanding that double beds be regulated or bananas be regulated or Brazil nuts be regulated."" /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
