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Gregg Levine wrote a new diary post: Obama Taps Allison Macfarlane as New Head of Nuclear Regulatory Commission
President Barack Obama has nominated Allison Macfarlane to be the new head of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission . Macfarlane is currently an associate professor at George Mason University in Fairfax, VA, and was part of Obama’s Blue Ribbon Commission on America’s Nuclear Future, a panel that was, among its responsibilities, asked to examine how the country should [...] -
Gregg Levine commented on the diary post Power Play: Nuclear Regulatory Commission Chairman Jaczko Resigns after Push by Industry by Gregg Levine.
Yeah, Reid is evaluating the situation with WH pressure in mind. I cannot overstate how big a deal it was to see a public split over the nomination of Svinicki–and sure, you can see all the (fucked up) reasons Team O did this, but to choose to alienate Reid when NV is still in play. [...]
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Gregg Levine commented on the diary post Power Play: Nuclear Regulatory Commission Chairman Jaczko Resigns after Push by Industry by Gregg Levine.
Well, sadly, we’re due. Isn’t that what ET posted yesterday? But even then I wonder. The San Bruno gas line explosion is still in recent memory, but the FERC just approved running a gas pipeline under the densely populated West Village here in Manhattan. It is madness to me.
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Gregg Levine commented on the diary post Power Play: Nuclear Regulatory Commission Chairman Jaczko Resigns after Push by Industry by Gregg Levine.
From your link on SONGS:
“If they (Edison) did it consistent with our regulations,” he said, “then we need to think about changing our regulations.”
That’s the kind of “diplomatic” language that pisses off the industry while doing nothing to rally the nuclear opponents; it is consistent with Jaczko’s language throughout, and it is what gets [...]
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Gregg Levine commented on the diary post Power Play: Nuclear Regulatory Commission Chairman Jaczko Resigns after Push by Industry by Gregg Levine.
I think they are starting with compounds in the southern hemisphere, but yeah, basically. I think the 1% always assumes there is a gate high enough to keep the trouble out.
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Gregg Levine commented on the diary post Power Play: Nuclear Regulatory Commission Chairman Jaczko Resigns after Push by Industry by Gregg Levine.
There were a couple of quotes in some of the news stories about this (I must have read 20 of them–amazing subtle differences in the reporting, btw) that are apropos, but were anon, so I left them out of my post–but I will include them here: Reuters:
“I think it just wears you out. You can only [...]
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Gregg Levine commented on the diary post Power Play: Nuclear Regulatory Commission Chairman Jaczko Resigns after Push by Industry by Gregg Levine.
Thanks, wd.
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Gregg Levine wrote a new diary post: Power Play: Nuclear Regulatory Commission Chairman Jaczko Resigns after Push by Industry
The Chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Gregory Jaczko, submitted his resignation Monday morning . Chairman Jaczko, a former aid to Senator Harry Reid (D-NV) and Representative Ed Markey (D-MA) who holds a PhD in particle physics, was originally appointed to the NRC in 2005, and elevated to chairman in 2009. Jaczko said he will relinquish his [...] -
Gregg Levine commented on the diary post Emergency Evacuation, Drill Requirements Quietly Cut While Nuclear Regulators Consider Doubling Length of License Extensions by Gregg Levine.
Yeah, thank god I still have my leftovers from the Bush administration. Knew it would come in handy.
& thanks!
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Gregg Levine commented on the diary post Emergency Evacuation, Drill Requirements Quietly Cut While Nuclear Regulators Consider Doubling Length of License Extensions by Gregg Levine.
That’s quite cool. . . if it’s real. . . and accurate.
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Gregg Levine wrote a new diary post: Emergency Evacuation, Drill Requirements Quietly Cut While Nuclear Regulators Consider Doubling Length of License Extensions
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission will hold a public meeting tonight (Thursday, May 17) on the safety and future of the Indian Point Energy Center (IPEC), a nuclear power plant located in Buchanan, NY, less than 40 miles north of New York City. The Tarrytown, NY “open house” (as it is billed) is designed to explain [...] -
Gregg Levine commented on the diary post The Thing That Couldn’t Die: Yucca Battle Continues in Congress and in the Courts by Gregg Levine.
Yeah, it’s hard to get passionate about either Reid’s or Obama’s job security, but when it comes to the state of nuclear power, control of the Senate appears to have real consequences.
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Gregg Levine commented on the diary post The Thing That Couldn’t Die: Yucca Battle Continues in Congress and in the Courts by Gregg Levine.
Even Wall Street has enough sense not to touch nuclear power. Seriously, they won’t invest in that money pit. That’s why it’s Uncle Sam or nothing.
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Gregg Levine wrote a new diary post: The Thing That Couldn’t Die: Yucca Battle Continues in Congress and in the Courts
In the 1958 cult horror classic The Thing That Couldn’t Die , a young lass out water-witching (of all things) discovers a curious and ancient box–one that, whether you follow the conventions of the genre or the entreaties of the film’s internal expert, should obviously remain closed. But, as these things are wont to go, greed and [...] -
Gregg Levine commented on the diary post The Making of an Evolution: Obama “Comes Out” for Marriage Equality by Gregg Levine.
Thanks, tanbark–and thanks all for a pithy, on-topic thread.
As the resounding grace note to my cynicism, see Dday’s post on EO:
http://news.firedoglake.com/2012/05/10/despite-marriage-equality-shift-obama-still-wont-sign-lgbt-anti-discrimination-executive-order/ -
Gregg Levine wrote a new diary post: The Making of an Evolution: Obama “Comes Out” for Marriage Equality
Excuse me while I channel my inner Paul Harvey. . . So, it was weekend before the North Carolina primary–a ballot that includes the searingly homophobic Amendment 1 , a measure that takes the state’s already-on-the-books “preservation of marriage” law and tattoos it on the North Carolina Constitution–and everyone knew what was about to happen. Both polling [...] -
Gregg Levine commented on the diary post Dialogue is better than monologue! by Dr. Martin Cohen.
Many thanks to Dr. Cohen for all the kind words. I will confess i’ve been feeling like the entire issue of nuclear power (the dirty, dangerous, expensive threat of it) has been getting short shrift lately. It’s as if the world said, “well, we got through your one-year anniversary of Fukushima, can we move on [...]
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Gregg Levine commented on the diary post Imagine a Nuclear-Free California (It’s Already Here) by Gregg Levine.
Don’t get me wrong, #4 is one scary scenario. Leaving it alone, leaving it to chance, taking our own sweet time emptying it–not an option. This must be addressed. The thing that gets me is that, as I have observed, this story has traction in a way other stories have not. What I am talking [...]
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Gregg Levine commented on the diary post Imagine a Nuclear-Free California (It’s Already Here) by Gregg Levine.
Cool. This was my first encounter with salp. You learn somethin’ every day. Thanks!
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Gregg Levine commented on the diary post Imagine a Nuclear-Free California (It’s Already Here) by Gregg Levine.
I have written a little about the spent fuel pool at #4–and I should probably write more–but there is something interesting psychologically going on here. I can’t quite tie it up in a nice little bow yet, but I find it a little strange that while #4 is potentially a very very big deal, there are [...]
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