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• A tale of two speeches

  NRC Commissioners talk about Yucca Mountain The New York Times has excellent coverage this week of two speeches by NRC Commissioners Gregory Jazcko (right) and Dale Klein.  What’s significant about them is that both proceed from the point of view of the chairman’s role.  Jazcko is the current chair and Dale Klein is the past chair.  Although still a member of the Commission, Klein will... Posted Mar 11 2010, 12:33 AM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Dale Klein, NRC, Yucca Mountain, Gregory Jaczko, speech, yucca

• Worth reading – NRC’s Dale Klein

  Speech is at federal engineers award ceremony In a world consumed by fantastic fads and tenuous trends, it is worth the occasional reminder that principles matter. This month that message comes from outgoing NRC commissioner Dale Klein . He was the keynote speaker at the Federal Engineer of the Year award held Feb 18. Klein is one of those people for whom the phrase “honor before elegance” seems to... Posted Feb 25 2010, 03:13 PM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: Edward McGaffigan Jr., Dale Klein, Federal Engineer of the Year award

• Nuclear energy news comes on Fridays

  It’s the slowest day in the weekly news cycle except Saturday The White House has announced a new nomination for the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission to replace outgoing former chairman Dale Klein. Bill Ostendorff is currently the Director of the Committee on Science, Engineering and Public Policy and Director of the Board on Global Science and Technology at the National Academies.  He came... Posted Dec 11 2009, 01:27 PM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: blog, nuclear, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Dale Klein, NRC, chairman

• Dale Klein to step down from NRC

  Former chairman asks President Obama to fill his seat NRC Commissioner Dale Klein (left) has submitted his resignation to  President Barack Obama.  Klein also committed to serve in his post until his successor takes office.  His term expires in June 2011. In his letter Klein wrote he looks forward to returning to private life.  He welcomes the President’s recent announcement of... Posted Oct 16 2009, 11:52 AM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Dale Klein, NRC, klein, exit, step down, retire

• Exclusive interview with NRC's Dale Klein

  Direct from the annual meeting of the American Nuclear Society and exclusive to the Energy Collective In a first ever sit-down one-on-one interview with a nuclear energy blogger, Dale Klein , former chairman of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission ( NRC ), answered questions about the key issues of his tenure at the NRC. Klein continues to serve at the NRC. His term expires in 2011. The interview... Posted Jun 15 2009, 06:02 PM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Dale Klein

• Dale Klein to stay on as NRC Chairman

  Dan Packer, former Entergy CEO, is a candidate for the NRC’s open seat Platts reports that NRC Chairman Dale Klein (right) says he plans to remain  at the agency, either as chairman or as a commissioner, and he has not been told by President-elect Barack Obama's administration transition team that he will be replaced as chairman. Klein told Platts at a Jan 14 press event at an energy industry... Posted Jan 18 2009, 04:16 PM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: Dale Klein, NRC

• Dale Klein to stay on at NRC

  Dan Packer, former Entergy CEO, is a candidate for the NRC’s open seat Platts reports that NRC Chairman Dale Klein (right) says he plans to remain at the agency, either as chairman or as a commissioner, and he has not been told by President-elect Barack Obama's administration transition team that he will be replaced as chairman. Klein told Platts at a Jan 14 press event at an energy industry conference... Posted Jan 18 2009, 04:16 PM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Dale Klein, Entergy, Dan Packer

• TVA files for two new reactors at Bellefonte

  And now for a really big show Anyone watching the nuclear energy industry this month must think it is on something of a roll. The Tennessee Valley Authority filed an application for a license to build and operate two new nuclear power reactors. The site is in Bellefonte, Alabama where it mothballed two reactor projects nearly two decades ago after investing billions of dollars. The TVA application... Posted Oct 30 2007, 10:09 PM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: NRC licensing, Bellefonte, TVA, Dale Klein