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Thursday, June 14, 2012

NRC Senate Confirmation Hearings Update

Two Nuclear Nominees Get a Hearing

New York Times (blog) - 
By MATTHEW L. WALD Luke Sharrett for The New York TimesAllison Macfarlane, left, and Kristine Svinicki at a Senate confirmation hearing on Wednesday. President Obama's nominee to lead the Nuclear Regulatory Commission said at a Senate confirmation ...

A radioactive debate

Salt Lake Tribune -
As the Senate this week begins considering President Obama's nomination of Allison Macfarlane to lead the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, it should remember that lawmakers helped create the expensive and risky mess that currently serves as nuclear waste ...

Obama choice to lead NRC pledges collegiality

BusinessWeek -
By MATTHEW DALY President Barack Obama's nominee to chair the Nuclear Regulatory Commission promised Wednesday to try to restore harmony at an agency marked by discord in recent years. Allison Macfarlane, a geologist named to lead the NRC last month, ...

Committee members eager to start post-Jaczko era

Politico -
Wednesday's Senate hearing on the qualifications of Nuclear Regulatory Commission nominees Allison Macfarlane and Kristine Svinicki had a few moments of rancor but nothing that appeared likely to upset the delicate deal aimed at securing seats for both ...

Obama Pick for NRC Pledges Collegiality

TIME -
By AP / MATTHEW DALY Wednesday, June 13, 2012 (WASHINGTON) — President Barack Obama's nominee to chair the Nuclear Regulatory Commission promised Wednesday to try to restore harmony at an agency marked by discord in recent years.

GOP Backs Nuclear-Agency Pick

Wall Street Journal -
By RYAN TRACY WASHINGTON—President Barack Obama's nominee to head the Nuclear Regulatory Commission received reluctant support from Republican senators Wednesday, paving the way for a bipartisan deal that would allow her to assume the job by the end of ...

NRC Nominees Closer to Confirmation After US Senate Hearing

BusinessWeek -
By Katarzyna Klimasinska on June 14, 2012 Two nominees for the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission moved closer to Senate confirmation after lawmakers at a hearing said they were willing to set aside their concerns to support the candidates together.

Nuclear nominee aims to end NRC acrimony

Reuters -
* Allison Macfarlane is Obama nominee for NRC chairman * Says to aim for better relationship with colleagues * Senate expected to confirm Macfarlane quickly * Boxer grills Republican commissioner Svinicki (Adds comments from senators, Svinicki) By ...

What New Mexico can teach us about storing nuclear waste

Washington Post (blog) -
The nation's nuclear waste is piling up. The proposed storage site at Nevada's Yucca Mountain has been nixed — possibly for good. And the problem is only growing more acute: On Friday, a DC federal appeals court ruled that the current strategy of ...

Senate holds leadership hearing for troubled nuclear commission

Los Angeles Times -
WASHINGTON -- The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, led by California Democrat Barbara Boxer, held a confirmation hearing Wednesday for two members of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission that signaled new leadership would soon be coming to ...

Senate Republicans Press NRC Chief-Designee on Management Skills

BusinessWeek -
By Katarzyna Klimasinska on June 13, 2012 US Senate Republicans questioned Allison Macfarlane's skills to lead the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission, citing a lack of experience that would prepare her to run an agency with 4000 employees.

HEARING STATEMENT: "HEARING ON THE NOMINATION OF ALLISON MACFARLANE AND RE ...

Power Engineering Magazine -
Today, Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del.), Chairman of the Subcommittee on Nuclear Safety, and Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.), Chairman of the Committee on Environment and Public Works, convened the hearing, "Hearing on the nomination of Allison Macfarlane and ...

NRC NOMINATIONS; COMMITTEE: SENATE ENVIRONMENT AND PUBLIC WORKS

Power Engineering Magazine -
I am grateful to President Obama for nominating me to an additional term of service on the Commission. If the Senate acts favorably on my nomination, I would be privileged to continue this work. When I arrived at NRC in March of 2008, ...

Nominee pledges to return 'collegiality' to nuclear agency

Las Vegas Review - Journal -
By Steve Tetreault WASHINGTON - Senators eager to turn the page on a divisive chapter at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission on Wednesday welcomed President Barack Obama's choice to become the new chairman. Allison Macfarlane was happy to comply, ...

Senate confirmation for Nuclear Regulatory Commission posts starts smoothly

Las Vegas Sun -
By Karoun Demirjian (contact) Dennis Cook / AP Allison Macfarlane, shown in this 2006 file photo with Robert Loux, then executive director of the Nevada Agency for Nuclear Projects, at a Yucca Mountain hearing, has been named to head the Nuclear ...

Nuclear Regulatory Commission Nominee Talks New Mexico and Nuke Waste

By Michael Coleman / Journal Washington Bureau on Wed, Jun 13, 2012 Tweet President Obama's nominee to chair the Nuclear Regulatory Commission told Congress Wednesday that the US can learn all it needs to know about disposing of nuclear waste by ...

Barbara Boxer Speaks In Support Of Obama's Nomination For NRC Chair

Kbps -
By Alison St John California Senator Barbara Boxer spoke today at a hearing to consider the next head of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. California Senator Barbara Boxer spoke today at a hearing to consider the next head of the Nuclear Regulatory ...

Nuclear Regulatory Commission Nominees Appear Headed for Confirmation

Roll Call (subscription) - ‎19 hours ago‎
By Humberto Sanchez Environment and Public Works Chairman Barbara Boxer said the committee is trying to move forward on the nominations of two women to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. In an effort to bridge a rift on the Nuclear Regulatory ...

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