1995-03-29 Jackson Named Chair of Nuclear Regulatory Commis

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Subject: 1995-03-29 Jackson Named Chair of Nuclear Regulatory Commis

Thought this announcement may be of interest to some.

Geoff

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 THE WHITE HOUSE

 Office of the Press Secretary

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For Immediate Release March 29, 1995

 PRESIDENT CLINTON NAMES DR. SHIRLEY A. JACKSON CHAIR 
 OF THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

 President Clinton today announced his intention to designate Dr.
Shirley A. Jackson of New Jersey, Chair of the Nuclear Regulatory
Commission upon her confirmation by the U.S. Senate as a Commissioner
of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

 Dr. Jackson is a Professor of Physics at Rutgers University and for
the past sixteen years has been a theoretical physicist at AT&T Bell
Laboratories. Additionally, she is a member of the Board of Directors
of Public Service Enterprise Group, parent company of the Public Service
Electric and Gas Company, and she is a member of the Institute of
Nuclear Power Operations Advisory Council. Dr. Jackson holds a B.S. and
Ph.D. in physics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

 The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is responsible for ensuring
adequate protection of the public health and safety, the common defense
and security, and the environment with respect to the use of nuclear
materials for civilian purposes in the United States. Activities
licensed and regulated by the Commission include commercial nuclear
power reactors, non-power research, test and training reactors, fuel
cycle facilities, medical, academic and industrial uses of nuclear
materials, and the transportation, storage and disposal of nuclear
materials and waste.

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