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<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:nirsnet@nirs.org">nirsnet@nirs.org</a> wrote:<br>
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Dear Friends,<br>
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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. <a
href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=hfIqiFz6mAXAxXYpu6tbs%2FAAnCOETxRW">You
can read our letter here.<br>
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Unfortunately, Obama ignored this plea and appointed Magwood anyway.<br>
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<b>One of your Senators sits on the Senate Environment Committee, which
can approve or disapprove NRC nominees. <a
href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=XClf07wqZP6Y2sMlZGHsKfAAnCOETxRW">Please
write your Senator now and ask him/her to oppose the Magwood nomination</a>.</b><br>
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The Senate has not yet confirmed Magwood, and his appointment has
raised at least a few eyebrows.<br>
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It's not hard to see why. Magwood has been an unabashed promoter of
nuclear power for decades. <a
href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=8m9qwRsOvTAiuVZMp9JgevAAnCOETxRW">According
to the Project on Government Oversight (POGO)</a>,
"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.<br>
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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.''"<br>
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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.<br>
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There is a real chance to stop this unwarranted nomination. <a
href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=gd%2FKoaWYo%2BHiBUU123%2BmpfAAnCOETxRW">Tell
your Senator today that the NRC needs strong, public-minded regulators,
not more nuclear cheerleaders.</a><br>
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And ask your friends and colleagues to take action too.<br>
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Thanks for all you do,<br>
<br>
Michael Mariotte<br>
Executive Director<br>
Nuclear Information and Resource Service<br>
<a href="mailto:nirsnet@nirs.org">nirsnet@nirs.org</a><br>
<a
href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=ntmT5s49M6ablIQfaV0pafAAnCOETxRW">www.nirs.org</a><br>
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