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    Confessions of a Rogue Nuclear Regulator
    Confessions of a Rogue Nuclear Regulator
    Confessions of a Rogue Nuclear Regulator
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    Confessions of a Rogue Nuclear Regulator

    By Gregory B. Jaczko

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    A shocking exposé from the most powerful insider in nuclear regulation about how the nuclear energy industry endangers our lives—and why Congress does nothing to stop it.

    Gregory Jaczko had never heard of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission when he arrived in Washington like a modern-day Mr. Smith. But, thanks to the determination of a powerful senator, he would soon find himself at the agency’s helm. A Birkenstocks-wearing physics PhD, Jaczko was unlike any chairman the agency had ever seen: he was driven by a passion for technology and a concern for public safety, with no ties to the industry and no agenda other than to ensure that his agency made the world a safer place.

    And so Jaczko witnessed what outsiders like him were never meant to see—an agency overpowered by the industry it was meant to regulate and a political system determined to keep it that way. After an emergency trip to Japan to help oversee the frantic response to the horrifying nuclear disaster at Fukushima in 2011, and witnessing the American nuclear industry’s refusal to make the changes he considered necessary to prevent an equally catastrophic event from occurring here, Jaczko started saying aloud what no one else had dared.

    Confessions of a Rogue Nuclear Regulator is a wake-up call to the dangers of lobbying, the importance of governmental regulation, and the failures of congressional oversight. But it is also a classic tale of an idealist on a mission whose misadventures in Washington are astounding, absurd, and sometimes even funny—and Jaczko tells the story with humor, self-deprecation, and, yes, occasional bursts of outrage. Above all, Confessions of a Rogue Nuclear Regulator is a tale of confronting the truth about one of the most pressing public safety and environmental issues of our time: nuclear power will never be safe.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSimon & Schuster
    Release dateJan 15, 2019
    ISBN9781476755786
    Confessions of a Rogue Nuclear Regulator
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    Gregory B. Jaczko

    Dr. Gregory Jaczko served as Chairman of the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission from 2009–2012, and as a commissioner from 2005–2009. As Chairman, he played a lead role in the American government’s response to the Fukushima nuclear accident in Japan. Jaczko is now an adjunct professor at Princeton University and Georgetown University, and an entrepreneur with a clean energy development company. He is the author of Confessions of a Rogue Nuclear Regulator.

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      Jaczko raises many serious and important issues about the safety of nuclear power. Unfortunately, I really can't recommend this book. His anti-nuclear stance - which I somewhat agreed with going in and agree with more after reading - is acknowledged, which is great, but he doesn't always explain why he feels the way he does, or what he proposes as alternatives. As some other reviewers mention, the book comes across as something of an attempt to justify criticism Jaczko received as head of the NRC, but he doesn't offer much explanation of why people criticized him so heavily other than some vague "powerful nuclear energy lobby" rhetoric.

      The central thesis, that there are major problems with nuclear energy, is generally coherent, but secondary points are not always clear or well-argued. There are some cases where sentences directly contradict each other and the perspective isn't always consistent. He criticizes computer models for being out-of-date, but then he also complains about how engineers "can't stop tinkering" with nuclear plant designs.

      All of that said, I do completely agree with Jaczko that nuclear energy as a whole is underregulated and doesn't plan sufficiently for disasters - particularly unexpected disasters, which are more difficult to plan for. I just wish that the message had been better presented.

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