Obama Nominates Macfarlane to NRC, Replacing Chairman Jaczko
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President Barack Obama is nominating Allison Macfarlane, a professor and member of panel studying disposal of atomic wastes, to lead the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, replacing Chairman Gregory Jaczko, who is quitting.
Macfarlane, an associate professor of environmental science and policy at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia, was praised today by Democratic lawmakers and congratulated by the Nuclear Energy Institute, which represents the industry.