Welcome to DU!
The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards.
Join the community:
Create a free account
Support DU (and get rid of ads!):
Become a Star Member
Latest Breaking News
General Discussion
The DU Lounge
All Forums
Issue Forums
Culture Forums
Alliance Forums
Region Forums
Support Forums
Help & Search
Jaczko's top aide resigns at NRC
The longtime chief of staff to embattled Nuclear Regulatory Commission Chairman Gregory Jaczko is calling it quits, according to POLITICO Pro's Darius Dixon:
The chief of staff for NRC Chairman Gregory Jaczko during the debate over Yucca Mountain funding, the Fukushima crisis and infighting with other NRC commissioners has left. Joshua Batkin resigned at the end of 2011 after seven years of working for Jaczko...In an email to Jaczko late last month, Batkin wrote, “It is now time for me to seek out new challenges that will allow me to re-balance my work and family responsibilities.
Obama's chief of staff Bill Daley had to step in and try to calm the brouhaha at the NRC last month when Jaczko's fellow commissioners accused him of bullying staff and withholding information.
http://www.politico.com/politico44/2012/01/jaczkos-top-aide-resigns-at-nrc-109541.html
In related news... I understand that the 2012 appropriations clarifies that the Chairman cannot take action (in a range of cases) without majority support from the other commissioners.