Summary
Despite years of criticism that the administration of former President George W. Bush altered or suppressed scientific reports that contradict its policies, President Barack Obama has chosen the same path in his opposition to the permanent storage of nuclear waste deep within Nevada's Yucca Mountain.
Obama pledged his opposition to Yucca Mountain in 2008 to gain the support for his presidential candidacy from Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev. In 2009, as president, Obama appointed Gregory B. Jaczko, Reid's former science adviser, as chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.See the full content of this document
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In Ignoring Science That Doesn't Match Policy
As chairman, Jaczko stopped last year the completion and release of an NRC report on the...
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