NPR: Edward McGaffigan, Jr., the longest-serving member of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, has died after a long battle with skin cancer. He was 58. McGaffigan, a strong advocate for nuclear power, said the government should scrap its plan to store the country's nuclear waste at a site in Yucca Mountain, Nevada.
Cancer Claims Nuclear Commissioner McGaffigan
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Nuclear Regulatory Commission member died of Cancer? How ironic !!! The NRC has rubber stamped approvals for the radiation industry for years!Marie Curie died of cancer handling Radium , her daughter Juliette died of cancer from exposure to Polonium.