Dogged by 'bully' charge, U.S. nuclear chief Jaczko resigns

World May. 22, 2012 - 07:15AM JST ( 10 )

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David Quintero NavarroMay. 22, 2012 - 08:58AM JST

Well, well, well! If he has been nasty to everyone around him, should we be surprised??
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David Quintero NavarroMay. 22, 2012 - 09:00AM JST

Wait a moment! He was a Democrat?? Ha! I smell a Republican smear campaign!!
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zichiMay. 22, 2012 - 09:12AM JST

Outspoken critic on nuclear safety and building of new nuclear power plants. He was in Japan for several months following the 3/1 nuclear disaster.
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SquidBertMay. 22, 2012 - 10:07AM JST

Peter A. Bradford, in defense of Chairman Jaczko, according to NY Times (via Wikipedia)

Peter A. Bradford, who was a commission member from 1977 to 1982, has defended Jaczko. Bradford said it was not unusual for the commissioners to disagree strongly, and added that he did not believe that "the chairman is somehow raging around the agency and intimidating the staff". He also argued that, although the letter came from two Republicans and two Democrats, it was necessarily bi-partisan in the context of nuclear politics. He claimed that "In Washington, you’ve got a situation where the ‘nuclear party’ transcends the Republican and Democratic party," adding that "You’ve got four members of the nuclear party writing a letter about the chairman, who’s never been a member of the nuclear party.
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RecklessMay. 22, 2012 - 11:34AM JST

I hope the US doesn't have a Fukushima incident. I understand most/all of our reactors are going past their 40 year life spam.
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SquidBertMay. 22, 2012 - 11:41AM JST

@Reckless,

I do not know how reliable thedailybeast.com is as a news source, but they ran a list ranking the vulnerabilities of all of the US's 65 nuclear power plants. You can find it at: http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2011/03/16/nuclear-power-plants-ranking-americas-most-vulnerable.html

Regardless of whether their ranking is correct or not, the basic facts of licensing year, output etc seems to be correct.
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YaklutMay. 22, 2012 - 02:05PM JST

This guy was the poster child for more regulation, more government interference in the free market, and more waste of taxpayer money. We are better off now.
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SquidBertMay. 22, 2012 - 02:11PM JST

Yaklut, The free market hasn't done a very good job of self regulating nuclear safety issues this far. No reason to believe that they will start now.
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LagunaMay. 22, 2012 - 02:43PM JST

This guy was the poster child for more regulation, more government interference in the free market, and more waste of taxpayer money.

Spot-on, Yaklut! Seeing as it was a TEPCO reactor which caused the Fukushima nuclear disaster, I do not see why the government has stepped in with taxpayer money. TEPCO should bear full responsibility, and if it is unable to, well - too bad.

Similarly, banks like Goldman Sachs should not be regulated - nor should their deposits be federally insured. Too big to fail? - not anymore!

Nothing is better than blind faith in the invisible hand.
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FadamorMay. 22, 2012 - 11:51PM JST

I figure that Laguna's comments were all "tongue-in-cheek". To take him seriously would mean a company like TEPCO could declare bankruptcy and turn off their electricity - leaving millions without power. If anybody dies because of the loss of power, who are you going to sue? The company is bankrupt!