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<p><strong>San Jose, CA – August 15, 2011 – </strong>In an exclusive interview with Rebecca Costa, host of <em>The Costa Report,</em> Chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Gregory Jaczko, revealed that the NRC “sees no real or immediate effect on safety or public health issues” from storing nuclear waste at America’s 104 nuclear reactor locations. Jaczko said, “ Given that Yucca Mountain is no longer being considered by the administration, we’re looking at how long material could stay there (at reactor sites) if it needed to. Is it 200 years? Or 300 years? Or 400 years? That’s something we’ll take the next few years to investigate.”</p>
<p>The withdrawal of the application for a central repository for nuclear waste at Yucca Mountain stirred controversy earlier this year when Chairman Jaczko ordered NRC staff to discontinue further evaluation of the facility. Yucca Mountain, located approximately 80 miles from Las Vegas, along the Nevada-California border, was approved by Congress in 2002 as a central repository for the nation’s growing stockpile of radioactive waste. However, funding for the site was terminated in President Obama’s 2011 Federal Budget which was approved by Congress in April.</p>
<p>When asked whether storing nuclear waste at disbursed reactor sites increases the danger to the public, the Chairman responded, “Some of the spent fuel is in cooling ponds, and some is moved into what is referred to as ‘dry cask storage,’ – which is essentially a concrete bunker where fuel is put to stay as long as needed. For at least 60 years after a plant shuts down, these are safe, secure and environmentally benign ways to store (radioactive) material.”</p>
<p>According to the Chairman, a long-term central repository for nuclear waste is still under discussion. Secretary of the Department of Energy, Steven Chu, convened a commission to determine “what it would take to develop a repository or some other kind of long-term solution.” According to Jaczko, the commission’s report included “ . . . common sense and good recommendations, including the importance of public involvement, acceptance and support of whatever facility or site may be the next location . . . and look for some kind of interim facility where the material can be moved short-to-medium term.” The Chairman continued, “Of course, short-to-medium term means decades to centuries or more, so we are talking about <em>long</em> periods of time.”</p>
<p>The full interview with Chairman Gregory Jaczko is available at <a href="http://www.rebeccacosta.com/">www.rebeccacosta.com</a>, iTunes and KSCO.com.</p>
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<p><strong>About Gregory Jaczko</strong></p>
<p>Gregory Jaczko was designated the Chairman of the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission by President Barack Obama on May 13, 2009. Chairman Jaczko is the principal executive officer of the NRC and its official spokesperson. Prior to his post at the NRC, Jaczko served as appropriations director and science policy advisor for Senator Harry Reid. Jaczko was also assigned to the office of Representative Edward Markey as a congressional science fellow. Jaczko has been an adjunct professor at Georgetown University teaching science and public policy.</p>
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<p><strong>About Rebecca D. Costa </strong><a href="http://www.rebeccacosta.com/">www.rebeccacosta.com</a></p>
<p>Rebecca Costa is a sociobiologist who offers a genetic explanation for current events and emerging trends. A new voice in the mold of Thomas Friedman, Malcolm Gladwell and Jared Diamond, Costa examines “the big picture”– tracing everything from terrorism, crime on Wall Street, epidemic obesity and upheaval in the Middle East to evolutionary imperatives. Retiring at the zenith of her executive career in Silicon Valley, Costa spent six years researching and writing <em>The Watchman’s Rattle: Thinking Our Way Out of Extinction.</em> The success of Costa’s book led to a weekly radio program in 2010 called <em>The Costa Report. </em>A former CEO and founder of one of the largest marketing firms in Silicon Valley (sold in 1997 to J. Walter Thompson), Costa developed an extensive track record of introducing new technologies. Her clients included industry giants such as Hewlett-Packard, Apple Computer, Oracle Corporation, Seibel Systems, 3M, Amdahl, and General Electric Corporation.</p>
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<p><strong>San Jose, CA – August 15, 2011 – </strong>In an exclusive interview with Rebecca Costa, host of <em>The Costa Report,</em> Chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Gregory Jaczko, revealed that the NRC “sees no real or immediate effect on safety or public health issues” from storing nuclear waste at America’s 104 nuclear reactor locations. Jaczko said, “ Given that Yucca Mountain is no longer being considered by the administration, we’re looking at how long material could stay there (at reactor sites) if it needed to. Is it 200 years? Or 300 years? Or 400 years? That’s something we’ll take the next few years to investigate.”</p>
<p>The withdrawal of the application for a central repository for nuclear waste at Yucca Mountain stirred controversy earlier this year when Chairman Jaczko ordered NRC staff to discontinue further evaluation of the facility. Yucca Mountain, located approximately 80 miles from Las Vegas, along the Nevada-California border, was approved by Congress in 2002 as a central repository for the nation’s growing stockpile of radioactive waste. However, funding for the site was terminated in President Obama’s 2011 Federal Budget which was approved by Congress in April.</p>
<p>When asked whether storing nuclear waste at disbursed reactor sites increases the danger to the public, the Chairman responded, “Some of the spent fuel is in cooling ponds, and some is moved into what is referred to as ‘dry cask storage,’ – which is essentially a concrete bunker where fuel is put to stay as long as needed. For at least 60 years after a plant shuts down, these are safe, secure and environmentally benign ways to store (radioactive) material.”</p>
<p>According to the Chairman, a long-term central repository for nuclear waste is still under discussion. Secretary of the Department of Energy, Steven Chu, convened a commission to determine “what it would take to develop a repository or some other kind of long-term solution.” According to Jaczko, the commission’s report included “ . . . common sense and good recommendations, including the importance of public involvement, acceptance and support of whatever facility or site may be the next location . . . and look for some kind of interim facility where the material can be moved short-to-medium term.” The Chairman continued, “Of course, short-to-medium term means decades to centuries or more, so we are talking about <em>long</em> periods of time.”</p>
<p>The full interview with Chairman Gregory Jaczko is available at <a href="http://www.rebeccacosta.com/">www.rebeccacosta.com</a>, iTunes and KSCO.com.</p>
<p> </p>
<p><strong>About Gregory Jaczko</strong></p>
<p>Gregory Jaczko was designated the Chairman of the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission by President Barack Obama on May 13, 2009. Chairman Jaczko is the principal executive officer of the NRC and its official spokesperson. Prior to his post at the NRC, Jaczko served as appropriations director and science policy advisor for Senator Harry Reid. Jaczko was also assigned to the office of Representative Edward Markey as a congressional science fellow. Jaczko has been an adjunct professor at Georgetown University teaching science and public policy.</p>
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<p><strong>About Rebecca D. Costa </strong><a href="http://www.rebeccacosta.com/">www.rebeccacosta.com</a></p>
<p>Rebecca Costa is a sociobiologist who offers a genetic explanation for current events and emerging trends. A new voice in the mold of Thomas Friedman, Malcolm Gladwell and Jared Diamond, Costa examines “the big picture”– tracing everything from terrorism, crime on Wall Street, epidemic obesity and upheaval in the Middle East to evolutionary imperatives. Retiring at the zenith of her executive career in Silicon Valley, Costa spent six years researching and writing <em>The Watchman’s Rattle: Thinking Our Way Out of Extinction.</em> The success of Costa’s book led to a weekly radio program in 2010 called <em>The Costa Report. </em>A former CEO and founder of one of the largest marketing firms in Silicon Valley (sold in 1997 to J. Walter Thompson), Costa developed an extensive track record of introducing new technologies. Her clients included industry giants such as Hewlett-Packard, Apple Computer, Oracle Corporation, Seibel Systems, 3M, Amdahl, and General Electric Corporation.</p>
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<p>The withdrawal of the application for a central repository for nuclear waste at Yucca Mountain stirred controversy earlier this year when Chairman Jaczko ordered NRC staff to discontinue further evaluation of the facility. Yucca Mountain, located approximately 80 miles from Las Vegas, along the Nevada-California border, was approved by Congress in 2002 as a central repository for the nation’s growing stockpile of radioactive waste. However, funding for the site was terminated in President Obama’s 2011 Federal Budget which was approved by Congress in April.</p>
<p>When asked whether storing nuclear waste at disbursed reactor sites increases the danger to the public, the Chairman responded, “Some of the spent fuel is in cooling ponds, and some is moved into what is referred to as ‘dry cask storage,’ – which is essentially a concrete bunker where fuel is put to stay as long as needed. For at least 60 years after a plant shuts down, these are safe, secure and environmentally benign ways to store (radioactive) material.”</p>
<p>According to the Chairman, a long-term central repository for nuclear waste is still under discussion. Secretary of the Department of Energy, Steven Chu, convened a commission to determine “what it would take to develop a repository or some other kind of long-term solution.” According to Jaczko, the commission’s report included “ . . . common sense and good recommendations, including the importance of public involvement, acceptance and support of whatever facility or site may be the next location . . . and look for some kind of interim facility where the material can be moved short-to-medium term.” The Chairman continued, “Of course, short-to-medium term means decades to centuries or more, so we are talking about <em>long</em> periods of time.”</p>
<p>The full interview with Chairman Gregory Jaczko is available at <a href="http://www.rebeccacosta.com/">www.rebeccacosta.com</a>, iTunes and KSCO.com.</p>
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<p><strong>About Gregory Jaczko</strong></p>
<p>Gregory Jaczko was designated the Chairman of the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission by President Barack Obama on May 13, 2009. Chairman Jaczko is the principal executive officer of the NRC and its official spokesperson. Prior to his post at the NRC, Jaczko served as appropriations director and science policy advisor for Senator Harry Reid. Jaczko was also assigned to the office of Representative Edward Markey as a congressional science fellow. Jaczko has been an adjunct professor at Georgetown University teaching science and public policy.</p>
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<p><strong>About Rebecca D. Costa </strong><a href="http://www.rebeccacosta.com/">www.rebeccacosta.com</a></p>
<p>Rebecca Costa is a sociobiologist who offers a genetic explanation for current events and emerging trends. A new voice in the mold of Thomas Friedman, Malcolm Gladwell and Jared Diamond, Costa examines “the big picture”– tracing everything from terrorism, crime on Wall Street, epidemic obesity and upheaval in the Middle East to evolutionary imperatives. Retiring at the zenith of her executive career in Silicon Valley, Costa spent six years researching and writing <em>The Watchman’s Rattle: Thinking Our Way Out of Extinction.</em> The success of Costa’s book led to a weekly radio program in 2010 called <em>The Costa Report. </em>A former CEO and founder of one of the largest marketing firms in Silicon Valley (sold in 1997 to J. Walter Thompson), Costa developed an extensive track record of introducing new technologies. Her clients included industry giants such as Hewlett-Packard, Apple Computer, Oracle Corporation, Seibel Systems, 3M, Amdahl, and General Electric Corporation.</p>
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