[Sustain] Alert: Oppose Magwood Appointment To Nuke Commission

[Eric Brooks]

http://org2.democracyinaction.org/o/5502/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=1585

nirsnet at nirs.org wrote:

Dear Friends,

Late last July, 100 environmental and clean energy organizations 
responded to media reports and wrote to President Obama urging him not 
to appoint William Magwood to become one of five Nuclear Regulatory 
Commissioners. You can read our letter here.
<http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=hfIqiFz6mAXAxXYpu6tbs%2FAAnCOETxRW>
Unfortunately, Obama ignored this plea and appointed Magwood anyway.

*One of your Senators sits on the Senate Environment Committee, which 
can approve or disapprove NRC nominees. Please write your Senator now 
and ask him/her to oppose the Magwood nomination 
<http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=XClf07wqZP6Y2sMlZGHsKfAAnCOETxRW>.*

The Senate has not yet confirmed Magwood, and his appointment has raised 
at least a few eyebrows.

It's not hard to see why. Magwood has been an unabashed promoter of 
nuclear power for decades. According to the Project on Government 
Oversight (POGO) 
<http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=8m9qwRsOvTAiuVZMp9JgevAAnCOETxRW>, 
"As head of  the Department of Energy's Office of Nuclear Power, he 
helped lead the Advanced Fuel Cycle Initiative, Nuclear Power 2010, and 
the Generation IV Nuclear Energy Systems Initiative. He also served as 
the first chairman of the Generation IV International Forum and as chair 
of the Steering Committee on Nuclear Energy Organization for Economic 
Development and Cooperation.

More recently, he founded Advanced Energy Strategies which provides 
"expert advice and analysis of U.S. and international energy policy 
activities; nuclear industry developments and prospects; and supporting 
business development efforts." Mr. Magwood has also been an investor in 
and President of Secure Energy North America Corporation, a company that 
is 'working with industry and investors to develop novel approaches to 
finance new nuclear power stations in the United States.''"

For years, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission has been plagued with 
Commissioners more interested in boosting the nuclear power industry 
than in meaningful regulatory oversight, even though the NRC is 
explicitly prohibited from nuclear promotion.

There is a real chance to stop this unwarranted nomination. Tell your 
Senator today that the NRC needs strong, public-minded regulators, not 
more nuclear cheerleaders. 
<http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=gd%2FKoaWYo%2BHiBUU123%2BmpfAAnCOETxRW>

And ask your friends and colleagues to take action too.

Thanks for all you do,

Michael Mariotte
Executive Director
Nuclear Information and Resource Service
nirsnet at nirs.org <mailto:nirsnet at nirs.org>
www.nirs.org 
<http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=ntmT5s49M6ablIQfaV0pafAAnCOETxRW>
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