Industry leader pulls out of health study

In a May 10, 2010 letter, Dr. Richard Meserve recuses himself as Chair of the Nuclear and Radiation Studies Board of the National Academies of Sciences (NAS) from all committee activity related to a massive national health study that is taking shape around nuclear power facilities in the United States. The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has requested that the NAS conduct a health study around past, present and future nuclear power facilities.   As Beyond Nuclear identified in an April 29, 2010 letter requesting that the NAS conduct a conflict-of-interest review, Dr. Meserve currently serves on boards of Luminant Corporation, Pacific Gas and Electric and as an advisor to UniStar Nuclear Corporation, all nuclear companies, some of which have applied to build new reactors around the United States. Read More