Tuesday, June 12, 2012

Atomic ‘Agnostic’ Named for U.S. NRC Ties Industry Growth to Aid

[Commentary:  Saying Allison McFarlane is agnostic or neutral on nucelar power is like saying Michael Schumacher is in neutral while his Formula 1 car is going 200 mph in reverse.... straight into a wall.  This is yet another anti-nuclear pick by the Obama Administration.]

By Katarzyna Klimasinska

President Barack Obama’s pick to head the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission has said atomic power can’t grow without government subsidies, criticized an industry-supported plan to dispose of spent fuel in Nevada, and said she was drawn to nuclear research because she got bored with geology.

“I would describe myself as agnostic; I’m neither pro-nuclear nor anti-nuclear,” Allison Macfarlane said in a June 2007 interview for the Atomic Show on The Podcast Network.“We’re not going to see a large expansion of nuclear power in this country unless there is a lot of government subsidy.”

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