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kristopher

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11. The NRC is now required to be 110% for industry profits.

Reply to bananas (Reply #5)

Tue May 22, 2012, 07:54 PM

May 2012

Even though they have a better regulatory mandate, they are arguably worse than Japan's NISA. They have been given sweeping powers with absolutely no one looking over their shoulders - not the public, not Congress, not the Courts, not the States. And given the complete ownership of the Commissioners by the industry, means the nuclear industry has almost a completely free hand to do whatever they want.

When just basic caution is intolerable in even a pronuclear Commissioner, you'd better start worrying.

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Jaczko Resigns! [View all] FBaggins May 2012 OP

Yeah what a bastard. kristopher May 2012 #1

Even if everything you say were correct (it isn't)... he still needed to go. FBaggins May 2012 #2

Like I said... kristopher May 2012 #3

And you were wrong. FBaggins May 2012 #4

The Republicans won. "We’ve tried to screw this guy three different times and failed" bananas May 2012 #5

So did the rest of us. FBaggins May 2012 #6

Looks like the GOP got what they wanted, although this article tells a different tale: freshwest May 2012 #9

The NRC is now required to be 110% for industry profits. kristopher May 2012 #11

The NRC deserves better than Jaczko!! PamW May 2012 #7

I agree that the NRC shouldn't be a political football caraher May 2012 #8

If memory serves.. PamW May 2012 #10