NRC
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission is mandated by Congress to ensure that the nuclear industry is safe. Instead, the NRC routinely puts the nuclear industry's financial needs ahead of public safety. Beyond Nuclear has called for Congressional investigation of this ineffective lapdog agency that needlessly gambles with American lives to protect nuclear industry profits.
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Peter Bradford, a former NRC commissioner, and writing in the Atlanta Journal Constiution, makes the argument for fair and independent appointees to the two vacant commission seats and argues for a change in culture at the federal agency.
September 22, 2009