Bernie Sanders Praises Obama Pick to Head Nuclear Regulatory Commission - Longtime Yucca Mt. Critic
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May 25, 2012
Bernie Sanders says he's encouraged by President Barack Obama's choice to head the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Sanders says Allison Macfarlane appears to have the qualifications and credentials to head the commission which he has frequently criticized as being insufficiently tough on the industry it regulates.
Macfarlane has a doctorate in geology from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and is widely regarded as an expert on disposal of nuclear waste. She was a member of a special commission appointed by Obama to study what to do with nation's nuclear waste following the decision that a planned waste site at Nevada's Yucca Mountain would not be built.
Macfarlane replaces outgoing NRC Chairman Gregory Jaczko ("YAZ-ko"
, who Sanders was a strong safety advocate, but who was criticized by fellow commissioners
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Macfarlane wrote a book in 2006 that raised technical questions about a proposed nuclear waste dump at Nevada’s Yucca Mountain. She is an associate professor at George Mason University.
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"Two years ago, it appeared that world leaders might address the truly global threats we face," said Allison Macfarlane (in early 2012), who chairs the group's science and security board. "In many cases, this trend has not continued or has been reversed. For that reason, the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists is moving the clock one minute closer to midnight, back to it's time in 2007."
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