[ RadSafe ] Obama to name Reid ally as NRC chairman

[Otto G. Raabe]

At 09:52 PM 5/14/2009, ROY HERREN wrote:
>. 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.
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THE BIG PROBLEM IS THAT THERE MAY BE NO NEW NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS 
APPROVED WHILE OBAMA IS PRESIDENT.........!

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Prof. Otto G. Raabe, Ph.D., CHP
Center for Health & the Environment
University of California
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E-Mail: ograabe at ucdavis.edu
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