Former chairman asks President Obama to fill his seat
NRC Commissioner Dale Klein (left) has submitted his resignation to President Barack Obama.
Klein also committed to serve in his post until his successor takes office. His term expires in June 2011.
In his letter Klein wrote he looks forward to returning to private life. He welcomes the President’s recent announcement of the nomination of “his friends and colleagues Bill Magwood and George Apostolakis to the Commission.”
“I applaud the President’s choices. I have worked with both of them for several years and if confirmed, I look forward to welcoming them to the Commission.”
Klein entered government service in 2001 as a policy level official at the Department of Defense. He served as Chairman of the NRC under two presidents from July 2006 to May 2009..
In terms of his future plans, Klein said,
“I also have looked forward to returning to private life at that small university in Austin Texas at the completion of my term.”
Klein was interviewed on this blog earlier this month. He took special pride in NRC’s designation in 2007 and again in 2009 as one of the best places to work in the Federal government.
Previously, Dr. Klein served as the Vice-Chancellor for Special Engineering Programs at the University of Texas System and as a professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering (Nuclear Program) at the University of Texas at Austin.
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