June 14, 2012 MACFARLANE LIKELY TO BE CONFIRMED AS NRC CHAIR AND SVINICKI TO GAIN SECOND TERM

June 14, 2012

MACFARLANE LIKELY TO BE CONFIRMED AS NRC CHAIR AND SVINICKI TO GAIN SECOND TERM
All indications from Wednesday's Senate Environment and Public Works Committee joint hearing are that Dr. Alison Macfarlane will been confirmed as the new chair of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) and that Commissioner Kristine Svinicki will be approved for a second term. Macfarlane, a nuclear waste expert who served on the White House's Blue Ribbon Commission on America's Nuclear Future, was nominated by President Barack Obama last month after Chairman Gregory Jaczko, whose leadership style was described by commissioners from both political parties as abusive, resigned May 21. Read More »