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498:, where they discussed nuclear power's risks. On the film, which issues a critical warning that America's 55 nuclear power plants, each with their own tons of intensely radioactive waste lasting millenniaâin inadequate temporary containers with no plans to repair themâare putting their local communities and national security at grave risk, archival footage from a KPBS news show, Jaczko stated: "But frankly once they get loaded, I don't see them ever taking those canisters out of there. Realistically, they're not going to move them out. So those permits will be extended. The operational period will be extended repeatedly, and you will have a de facto burial site."
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Majority Leader Harry Reid defended Jaczko, saying his critics are attacking him because "theyâre concerned about the nuclear industry. Heâs concerned about the American
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Government Reform and Oversight Committee detailed incidents indicating what was cited as Jaczko's "propensity for angry outbursts and aggressive behavior." A 2012 NRC Office of Inspector General report cleared him of such allegations. Top House Republicans called on President Obama
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Nuclear Regulatory Commission's work on the protection of the environment and of public health and safety. He encourages âlicensees, vendors, state and local governments, interest groups, and the general publicâ to participate in
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October 2011, all the other four NRC commissionersâtwo Democrats and two Republicansâsent a letter to the White House expressing "grave concern" about Jaczko's actions at the NRC. On December 14, 2011, Commissioner William Ostendorff, a Republican, told a House oversight committee that
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