Friday, May 25, 2012

Nuclear waste expert tapped as top nuclear regulator

Reuters: President Barack Obama said on Thursday he will nominate Allison Macfarlane, an expert in nuclear waste, as the nation's top nuclear safety cop, seeking to turn the page on a period of bitter acrimony at the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Macfarlane, a geologist, will face the challenge of making the five-member commission work more collegially as it implements the biggest changes the nuclear power industry has faced in years, reforms sparked by the damage done to Japan's Fukushima complex...

URL: http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/05/25/us-usa-nuclear-idUSBRE84N1GO20120525

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