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Nuclear Modernization

DNFSB Member Connery Slams Reorg

Wednesday, August 22nd, 2018

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DNFSB Member Connery Slams Reorg

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The lone member of the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board (DNFSB) to oppose its recently announced reorganization slammed the plan in comments made public this week.In a record of votes taken Aug. 13-14, Joyce Connery — who chaired the independent watchdog of Energy Department nuclear operations during the latter half of the Obama administration — characterized the proposal to cut the DNFSB’s full-time staff from 100 to 79 as an overreach by acting Chairman Bruce Hamilton."Any significant attempt at diminution of…

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