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NRC Chairman Allison M. Macfarlane Announces Decision to Leave NRC
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Chairman Allison M. Macfarlane announced today she will leave the NRC effective January 1 to take a position at George Washington University.
Macfarlane, the 15th person to serve as the agency’s chairman, was nominated by President Obama to complete the last year of Dr. Gregory Jaczko’s term as chair. After the Senate confirmed her, she took over as chair in July 2012. President Obama nominated her for a second term as chair and, in June 2013, she was confirmed to a five-year term ending June 30, 2018.
Macfarlane issued the following statement after notifying the NRC senior managers, the NRC staff, Members of Congress and others:
“I came to the Commission with the mission of righting the ship after a tumultuous period for the Commission, and ensuring that the agency implemented lessons learned from the tragic accident at Fukushima Daiichi, so that the American people can be confident that such an accident will never take place here. With these key objectives accomplished, I am now returning to academia as Director of the Center for International Science and Technology Policy at George Washington University. At George Washington, I will continue to work on nuclear safety and security and for a better public dialogue on nuclear technology through my teaching and writing as well as by training a new generation of specialists in this area.
http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/news/2014/14-072.pdf
Macfarlane, the 15th person to serve as the agency’s chairman, was nominated by President Obama to complete the last year of Dr. Gregory Jaczko’s term as chair. After the Senate confirmed her, she took over as chair in July 2012. President Obama nominated her for a second term as chair and, in June 2013, she was confirmed to a five-year term ending June 30, 2018.
Macfarlane issued the following statement after notifying the NRC senior managers, the NRC staff, Members of Congress and others:
“I came to the Commission with the mission of righting the ship after a tumultuous period for the Commission, and ensuring that the agency implemented lessons learned from the tragic accident at Fukushima Daiichi, so that the American people can be confident that such an accident will never take place here. With these key objectives accomplished, I am now returning to academia as Director of the Center for International Science and Technology Policy at George Washington University. At George Washington, I will continue to work on nuclear safety and security and for a better public dialogue on nuclear technology through my teaching and writing as well as by training a new generation of specialists in this area.
http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/news/2014/14-072.pdf