NRC Chairman Allison M. Macfarlane announces decision to leave NRC

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AtomInfo.Ru, PUBLISHED 23.10.2014

NRC Chairman Allison M. Macfarlane announced at October 21, 2014, that she will leave the NRC effective January 1 to take a position at George Washington University.

Macfarlane was nominated by President Obama and she took over as chair in July 2012. In June 2013, she was confirmed to a five-year term ending June 30, 2018.

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