The Senate last week confirmed the nominations of Gregory Jaczko and Kristine Svinicki to serve as commissioners on the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Jaczko was re-nominated for a second term in December. Prior to his appointment, he served as a science policy adviser for Sen. Harry Reid (D-Nev.) and advised members of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works on nuclear policy. Click here for more on Jaczko from the NRC.
Svinicki, nominated last May, served as a staff member for the Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, focusing on the national security aspects of nuclear energy, Energy Department defense programs and environmental management issues. Svinicki also served as senior policy adviser on nuclear and environmental issues for Sen. Larry Craig (R-Idaho). Click here for more on Svinicki from the NRC.
Jaczko was re-nominated for a second term in December. Prior to his appointment, he served as a science policy adviser for Sen. Harry Reid (D-Nev.) and advised members of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works on nuclear policy. Click here for more on Jaczko from the NRC.
Svinicki, nominated last May, served as a staff member for the Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, focusing on the national security aspects of nuclear energy, Energy Department defense programs and environmental management issues. Svinicki also served as senior policy adviser on nuclear and environmental issues for Sen. Larry Craig (R-Idaho). Click here for more on Svinicki from the NRC.
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On the other hand, Clinton would a big time problem for nuclear power. It was the previous Clinton administration that put the amazingly incompetent Hazel O'Leary in charge of the DoE. So, if that's any indication, another Clinton administration would be an unvarnished disaster.
The NRC's statutory mission is to regulate nuclear power to ensure public health & safety and protect the environment and national security. PROMOTING nuclear energy is the job of DOE and the private sector.
But since that’s unlikely to happen, I would much rather have industry people who are familiar with how things actually work in practice, understand what are true public safety concerns and are in favor of continued safe operation of nuclear power than someone who’s never worked at a nuclear facility, would give credence to false or overblown safety concerns that are a staple of the anti-nuclear stall tactics and actively seek to put themselves out of a job by over regulating the industry to the point that no new facilities could ever be constructed.