[ RadSafe ] Obama to name Reid ally as NRC chairman

[Mudek, Mario D.]

We should protest by organizing a 'Grass Roots' 'Exempt Source Disposal
Party'!!  It would be like the Tea Baggers except we collect and dispose
of all of our used exempt sources legally in the trash cans found
between the White House and Congress.

-m
 


-----Original Message-----
From: radsafe-bounces at radlab.nl [mailto:radsafe-bounces at radlab.nl] On
Behalf Of Edmond Baratta
Sent: Friday, May 15, 2009 7:23 AM
To: ROY HERREN; radsafe at radlab.nl
Subject: Re: [ RadSafe ] Obama to name Reid ally as NRC chairman

It was bound to happen.  We now have the 'fox' guarding the henhouse.
Maybe 
they should send the waste to DC, somewhere between the White House and 
Congress.

Ed Baratta

edmond0033 at comcast.net
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "ROY HERREN" <royherren2005 at yahoo.com>
To: <radsafe at radlab.nl>
Sent: Friday, May 15, 2009 12:52 AM
Subject: [ RadSafe ] Obama to name Reid ally as NRC chairman


Obama to name Reid ally as NRC chairman
By KEVIN FREKING, Associated Press Writer
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
(05-13) 15:44 PDT WASHINGTON (AP) --
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/05/13/national/w144129
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(c) 2009 Hearst Communications Inc.
President Barack Obama on Wednesday named a former adviser to Senate 
Majority Leader Harry Reid to head the Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
giving 
opponents of a nuclear waste repository in Reid's home state of Nevada 
another well-placed ally.
Gregory B. Jaczko has served on the five-member commission since January

2005 and, as chairman, will become its official spokesman. The
appointment 
does not require Senate confirmation.
The chairman also serves as the NRC's chief executive, overseeing
day-to-day 
operations as well as long-range planning.
Four years ago, the nuclear power industry fought Jaczko's nomination to
the 
commission. At the time, Nuclear Energy Institute spokesman Steve
Kerekes 
said the industry preferred someone who "doesn't come out of the Harry
Reid 
school of stymieing Yucca Mountain and nuclear waste management
progress."
Now, Jaczko will serve as the industry's primary regulator. There are
104 
nuclear reactors in operation in the U.S.
Jaczko was Reid's appropriations director and top science policy adviser

before he joined the commission.
Reid also has the support of Obama in doing away with the Yucca Mountain

repository. Obama's budget calls for providing the project with less
money 
and directs that the money be spent on exploring alternatives to the
Nevada 
site.
During his tenure on the commission, Jaczko has focused his attention on
the 
security of nuclear power plants and emergency preparedness.
Reid applauded the announcement.
"His work in Congress and at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission has
improved 
the safety of nuclear power plants and is based on his demonstrated 
commitment to bringing all stakeholders to the table," Reid said.



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