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...former commissioner of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and must point out that Eric Pooley's sharp criticism of the agency [BUSINESS, March 17] fails to acknowledge the real measure of success of the NRC and those it regulates: there has never been a commercial nuclear power plant accident in the U.S. in which radiation harmed the public, a commendable industrial record. The NRC, like all regulatory organizations, has weaknesses and at times overreacts to situations. Striving for improvement should be a continuing process and one for which NRC chairman Shirley Ann Jackson and her colleagues should have our encouragement...
TIME asks if the NRC can fix itself. Maybe it can. So what, when some other part of the tremendously complex and very human system can go awry? This is why the nation needs to reassess its commitment to all forms of nuclear technology. The danger is not the degree of risk but the horrendous consequences of a nuclear accident. JOAN O. KING Sautee, Georgia...
Jackson, who is the first black and the first woman ever to become Chair of the NRC, spoke earlier yesterday at a luncheon reception held in her honor at Pforzheimer House...
After Galatis' allegations were corroborated by NRC investigators, he encountered only more contempt from management. The prevailing attitude was best summed up, he says, by the supervisor who took him aside and said, "The NRC's only beating us up because of the publicity. This will all blow over." In June, Galatis and George Betancourt, another Northeast engineer who backed him, accepted severance agreements. Galatis moved to Massachusetts and enrolled in Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. He expects to enter the ministry...
Like many current and former Northeast workers interviewed by TIME, some of them whistle blowers and others just quietly disgusted, Galatis is convinced that despite appearances, nothing has changed at Northeast or the NRC. Galatis' lawyer, Ernest Hadley, has filed a new petition on behalf of a Millstone engineer named Al Cizek, alleging more wrongdoing and calling on the NRC to suspend Millstone's license if Northeast racks up more safety violations. These skeptics believe the NRC's new vigilance is mostly for show. As evidence, they point to a February working lunch between Northeast's Kenyon and the NRC...