Gregory Jaczko
Gregory Jaczko | |
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Jaczko in 2006 | |
| 13th Chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission | |
| In office May 13, 2009 – July 9, 2012 | |
| President | Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | Dale E. Klein |
| Succeeded by | Allison Macfarlane |
| Personal details | |
| Born | October 29, 1970 Norristown, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic Party |
| Spouse | Leigh Ann Caldwell |
| Alma mater | Cornell University University of Wisconsin–Madison |
Gregory B. Jaczko (/ˈjɑːskoʊ/; born October 29, 1970, Norristown, Pennsylvania) is a physicist who is the 13th and former chairman of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) from 2009 to 2012. While at the NRC, he voted against the opening of new nuclear plants; an inspector general report found that he sought unilaterally and improperly to block the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository project from advancing. After leaving the NRC, Jaczko called for a global ban on nuclear power.