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November 19, 2014

NRC: Post-Fukushima safety work not done

  • The outgoing chair of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission says the agency must follow through on changes required after the 2011 nuclear disaster in Japan.
    • By RAY HENRY
    Associated Press

    ATLANTA — The outgoing chair of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission said Tuesday the industry must finish making the safety changes required after a nuclear disaster in Japan, and it faces unresolved questions over how to store nuclear waste as existing plants close.

    Allison Macfarlane became the agency's leader in July 2012 after the stormy tenure of former chair Gregory Jaczko, whose management style was described as bullying by fellow commissioners and staffers. A geologist, Macfarlane will start teaching Jan. 1 at George Washington University.


     
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