Hello, all, I just learned that President Obama has nominated Dr. Allison Macfarlane to become the new chair of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission:
http://thehill.com/blogs/e2-wire/e2-wire/229415-obama-nominates-george-mason-professor-to-head-nuke-agency Many of us know Allison from her many years at MIT, where she was a Research Associate in STS and in Security Studies. While here, she published the edited volume, Uncertainty Underground: Yucca Mountain and the Nation's High-Level Nuclear Waste (MIT Press, 2006): http://mitpress.mit.edu/catalog/item/default.asp?ttype=2&tid=10853 Exciting news for Allison and for MIT (and, indeed, for the nation!) -- best, Dave __________ David Kaiser Germeshausen Professor of the History of Science Department Head, Program in Science, Technology, & Society and Senior Lecturer, Department of Physics Room E51-179 Massachusetts Institute of Technology 77 Massachusetts Avenue Cambridge, MA 02139 USA Tel: 617 253-4062 Fax: 617 258-8118 [email protected] http://web.mit.edu/dikaiser/www
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