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Obama appoints pro-nuker to Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Mr. Magwood’s dozens of years promoting nuclear power make him unqualified to be a regulator of the industry.

Nuclear Regulatory Commission RC Needs Nuclear Power Regulators, Not Promoters – The Project On Government Oversight (POGO)  Ingrid Drake and Peter Stockton Feb 08, 2010 It’s not often that POGO lobbies to defeat a presidential nominee. However, we have felt called to speak out as loud as we can in opposition to President Obama’s nomination of William Magwood for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) on the grounds that he does not have the independence from the nuclear power industry to regulate it, nor the security oversight background.

Along with two other of the President’s nominees to the NRC, Mr. Magwood will come before the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee for a confirmation hearing tomorrow…………

As we have outlined in a previous blog post, POGO believes Mr. Magwood’s dozens of years promoting nuclear power make him unqualified to be a regulator of the industry.

There is also evidence that Mr. Magwood will not effectively address the security threats that are a major issue facing the NRC.

NRC Needs Nuclear Power Regulators, Not Promoters – The Project On Government Oversight (POGO) Blog

February 9, 2010 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | 1 | antinuclear, nuclear