NRC file photo of Commissioner Kristine SvinickiIn a scathing article -- "House Postpones Witch Hunt While Nuclear Power Industry Awaits Results of Latest Power Play" -- Gregg Levine of Capitoilette reports on the impending "cynical deal" to tie controversial Republican U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commissioner (NRC) Kristine Svinicki's (pictured, left) re-confirmation, for another 5 year term at the NRC, to President Obama's nomination of Dr. Allison Macfarlane, for a one-year term as chairwoman of the agency. Levine describes the trade off on Capitol Hill, in which Republicans will secure their coveted re-confirmation of the blatantly pro-industry Commissioner Svinicki, as nuclear safety yet again taking a back seat to "influence peddling and classic beltway horse-trading."