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http://ansnuclearcafe.org/2012/05/22/reactions-to-nrc-chairman-jaczko-resignation/ The controversial chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Gergory Jazco, has resigned under an investigatory cloud. He has been accused by the other commission members of brow-beating and foot dragging in...

The NRC has voted 4 to 1 to approve the building of two nuclear generators in Vogtle, GA. They will be Westinghouse AP1000's. http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2012/02/09/146646228/u-s-regulators-approve-first-nuclear-power-plant-in-a-generation?ft=1&f=1001

It sounds like [New York] Governor Spitzer and AG Cuomo have decided that they should be inserted into the process for determining whether Indian Point Nuclear Power Plant's operating license should be renewed. NYT has an editorial about it here, predictably stating they support the Governor...