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My conversation with Chairman Jaczko
He came prepared which was as strong signal of his interest in constructive dialog
By: Dan Yurman, Idaho Samizdat
On October 4 I had the opportunity to pitch more than 50 questions to Gregory Jaczko, the Chairman of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, in a fast paced online, and unscripted, 90-minute webinar .
Dan Yurman (left) talks with NRC Chairman Gregory Jaczko (right) during the October 4, 2011, webinar. Photo: Clark Communications
The project was conceived of by the NRC's Public Affairs Office and shaped into a workable event through collaboration with the American Nuclear Society.
Webinar challenges
As the project took shape, the NRC agreed with Scheele that two separate sessions were needed, one for pro-nuclear bloggers and one for anti-nuclear organizations. (The anti-nuclear session was held Oct 6.) Scheele also insisted, and the NRC agreed, that the moderator could ask follow-up questions. About a third of the questions asked were of the follow-up type.
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read moreJaczko perpetuates the Yucca Mountain Saga
NRC releases heavily redacted Yucca Review
The NRC has just released a heavily redacted version of the Yucca Mountain Review. This action has been justified using a maneuver within the Freedom of Information Act, the process by which the Heritage Foundation sought access to these documents.
What was redacted you ask?
Well, it was the scientific analysis and unbiased recommendation of the NRC staff. Something that the taxpayers and nuclear utilities have paid millions upon millions of dollars for but Chairman Jaczko seems hell-bent on preventing.
I refer to it as a ‘maneuver’ and I believe rightly so, as it plainly seeks to limit access to the report findings i.e. the unbiased scientific analysis and recommendation of the NRC staff without regard to politics or policy debate. And clearly Jaczko does not want anything positive about Yucca to see the light of day. In fact, he has repeatedly demonstrated his intent to do exactly the opposite. He has sought to stifle, postpone and disrupt the normal work of the great people at the NRC since he began his stint as Chairman.
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