GOP chair of nuclear safety agency secretly urges Trump to abolish it
Source: Center for Public Integrity
GOP chair of nuclear safety agency secretly urges Trump to abolish it
Proposal follows radiation mishaps and exposures; Dems oppose the move
By Patrick Malone R. Jeffrey Smithemail 7 hours, 57 minutes ago
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The chairman of a panel charged with protecting workers at nuclear weapons facilities as well as nearby communities has told the White House he favors downsizing or abolishing the group, despite recent radiation and workplace safety problems that injured or endangered people at the sites it helps oversee.
Republican appointee Sean Sullivan, a former Navy submarine officer, told the director of the Office of Management and Budget in a private letter that closing or shrinking the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board he chairs is consistent with President Trumps ambition to cut the size of the federal workforce, according to a copy of Sullivans letter. It was written in June and obtained recently by the Center for Public Integrity. (1)
The five-member Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board, chartered by Congress, has helped persuade the federal government to impose tighter safety rules and regulations at most of the eight nuclear weapons sites employing more than 40,000 workers where nuclear weapons and their parts are produced or stored.
(1) https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4111974-Sullivan-OMB-Letter.html
Read more: https://www.publicintegrity.org/2017/10/19/21217/gop-chair-nuclear-safety-agency-secretly-urges-trump-abolish-it
I'm not sure that the Center for Public Integrity can be thought of as a mainstream news-gathering organization, but David Fahrenthold RT'd the tweet. I understand that RT's do not constitute endorsement.
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GOP chair of nuclear safety agency secretly urges Trump to abolish it, despite recemt nuclear mishaps and accidents.
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is just a non-issue these days.
I saw the LBN thread was self-deleted but saw your post in there and in the Economy forum.
I did hear something earlier this week (or possibly even last week) regarding suspected opioid use by everyone involved. But then given some of the work that these guys did, I expect there to be a myriad of back, neck and knee problems. 
