Search Results for: Jaczko

Congressional reform act might help to prevent another Jaczko fiasco

ByRod Adams

…el Riddle http://djysrv.blogspot.com/2011/12/white-house-issues-apology-by-jaczko.html Daniel This is interesting and what Reid and Jazcko do not understand: In the world of political appointments in Washington, DC, when people get mission focused tasks like that (ie stop YM), they are supposed to do their job, and then keep their head down on all other matters. Daniel Its time to go home: From NHK World News : Fukushima releases radiation checkup…

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Markey is lying. The AP1000 design certification has been anything but “fast tracked”

ByRod Adams

…issioner will make their vote public early to press a point. In this case, Jaczko voted after the majority had already approved the AP-1000. His vote was irrelevant to the outcome, the matter had already been decided. It is important to understand other aspects of the timing of the public release. Dr. Jaczko announced his vote on the morning of Friday December 9, 2012. Later on that same Friday, at a time when potentially damaging political news i…

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Waste Confidence – A Classic Case of Failed Leadership (Part 2 of 2)

ByGuest Author

…t the Fall of 2009 the stalemate continued and it was apparent to all that Jaczko intend to wait until new Commissioners were appointed to fill the two vacancies on the Commission. I will give Jaczko credit for always treating Klein with respect but it was obvious that he had also assumed Klein would resign after replacing him as Chairman. Klein did not do so specifically to make sure that Jaczko’s power was held in check since, in the event of a…

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Georgia residents may pay for Jaczko’s antinuclear behavior

ByRod Adams

The flagship project of the US nuclear energy renaissance is in trouble. The people of the great state of Georgia and the investors in Georgia Power may end up footing the bill for actions that have been taken to delay the project. I feel a personal and a professional attachment to the story; I want to share my anger and frustration with others. On a personal level, my dad was born in Georgia, he dreamed of retiring on a little piece of property…

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Harry Reid is confused between “loyalty” and “integrity” – Bill Magwood is a man of integrity

ByRod Adams

…agwood was a shit-stirrer. He did everything he could do to embarrass Greg Jaczko.” Reid has donated $10,000 to help Jaczko pay the considerable legal bills he racked up defending against Magwood’s allegations. Jaczko was “the first chair that has never been part of the nuclear industry,” Reid said, explaining the intense opposition. “That commission was a tool to the nuclear industry. Greg Jaczko, this young guy, he of course worked for me. He wa…

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Oak Ridge researchers prove Fukushima Unit 4 spent fuel pool NEVER a danger

ByRod Adams

…analysis, and a fundamental knowledge of materials and physical laws. Dr. Jaczko sent a team to “help” but hand picked that team from among the small group of NRC regulators who shared his politically motivated belief that the only safe nuclear plant is one that has been shut down, cooled down, depressurized and defueled. As I described in my post on the day that Jaczko testified to Congress that SPF for Fukushima Daiichi unit 4 was dry and posed…

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Atomic Insights Radar July 20-26 2014

ByRod Adams

…rsial opinions – one regarding the seizure of emergency powers by Chairman Jaczko in the aftermath of Fukushima and one regarding Chairman Jaczko’s decision to follow the direction of his political protectors to halt review of the Yucca Mountain license application. Jeff Baran has been a senior energy policy staffer for Rep. Henry Waxman and for the Democratic staff of the House Energy and Commerce Committee. NEI has provided an initial reaction t…

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Reactions to Macfarlane nomination for Chairman of NRC

ByRod Adams

…situation (faculty and students from numerous nations) agree that the way Jaczko handled the Fukushima situation was no less than disastrous! In a situation where NO ONE (including the workers at the plant) will suffer any life-shortening effects from radiation, Jaczko both embarrassed the Japanese and further contributed to the incredible suffering of some 80,000 Japanese people due to the absurd fear of radiation. Treating him as a hero for nuc…

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"Small and Medium Reactors" or "Small Modular Reactors" – Either Way, The US NRC and US DOE Notice a Growing Interest in SMR, Are Listening Carefully and Ready to Engage

ByRod Adams

…g time bureaucrat, I can provide a reasonable translation of that comment. Jaczko is admitting that his agency recognizes that the current fee structure is a roadblock that can absolutely prevent the development and operation of small power reactors and that it needs to be changed. However, he also recognizes that the change is ultimately a political decision that requires compromises and negotiations that are not in the core competency or even th…

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Spent Fuel Pools Protect The Public. Don’t Believe Skeptics

ByRod Adams

…mehow were assumed to occur in the proper sequence. On March 17, 2011, Dr. Jaczko told Congress in a public hearing that the March 11 earthquake and tsunami had successfully created the necessary conditions in the spent fuel pool at Fukushima Unit 4. According to his testimony, the unit 4 spent fuel pool was dry and burning, releasing enough material to support his recommendation to evacuate all U.S. personnel within 50 miles of the Fukushima Dai-…

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Fukushima consequences in perspective – Senator Tom Carper (D-DE)

ByRod Adams

…by radiation and radioactive materials. As Senator Boxer and even Chairman Jaczko pointed out during the hearing, that does not mean that our engineered systems and our actual responses to accidents have protected people from all harm. Disrupting lives and forcing people to leave their homes is incredibly harmful. This disconnect between radiation health consequences and overall accident consequences raises an important question. Should nuclear en…

Who is Advising the President About Nuclear Power?

ByRod Adams

…technology, I am having a hard time understanding exactly what it was that Jaczko studied for his PhD. Perhaps one of you can translate the below abstract of his contribution to science: I develop an effective theory to describe the low energy behavior of baryons. The theory is motivated by several issues facing nonperturbative quantum chromodynamic (QCD) calculations: the use of the quenched approximation for exact QCD calculations, the apparent…

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