34 Groups Say NRC Commissioner Magwood Should Resign, Cite Conflicts, Safety Issues

摘要

A coalition of 34 environmental organizations is calling for the immediate resignation of U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commissioner William Magwood IV via a letter sent to him by e-mail, citing a possible conflict of interest and alleged safety concerns. Magwood's acceptance of the position of Director-General for the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development's Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA), which promotes nuclear energy development and whose policymakers sponsor U.S. nuclear licensees and applicants, is the main issue, according to the letter. "In appearance and in actuality, you are now committed to an organization whose mandate to promote nuclear energy as well as the economic interests of its members is antithetical to the basic principles of the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974," the letter said, which was signed by the Sierra Club Nuclear Free Campaign, Friends of the Earth and Physicians for Social Responsibility, among others.