Most outgoing NRC Commissioners move into plum nuclear industry jobs

- The first NRC commissioner, William A. Anders (1975-76), went on to General Dynamics, where he earned $40 million in two years.
- Thomas M. Roberts (1981-1990) was asked to resign from the commission by critics in Congress due to conflicts of interest.
- Nils Diaz (1996-2006), exited the commission to become Chief Strategic Officer forBlue Castle Project, described as “leading the West in New Nuclear Power.”
- Jeffrey S. Merrifield (1998-2007), was investigated by the Project On Government Oversight while still a commissioner for getting contracts for the Shaw Group for whom he subsequently went to work, as well as having his travel tab paid by GE while job seeking there during his NRC tenure.
- Richard Meserve (1999-2003), who resigned during the Davis-Besse scandal, received a2012 Nuclear Energy Industry Leadership Award from the industry’s lobbying arm, the Nuclear Energy Institute, as testament to his industry loyalty.
- Former NRC Chairman, Dale Klein, (2006-10), now works for Japanese utility Tokyo Electric Power Company, at the center of the Fukushima nuclear disaster, where he oversees the corporation’s ongoing reactor restart effort.
- William D. Magwood, IV (2010-2014), resigned his commission seat to join the Nuclear Energy Association (NEA) in Paris, replacing Stephen Burns who took a new position as … Chairman of the NRC Commission!…….. http://www.theecologist.org/News/news_analysis/2987972/us_nuclear_regulatory_commissions_enforcement_is_as_fierce_as_the_comfy_chair.html
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