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U. S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION |
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No. 96-116 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
(Wednesday, August 28, 1996)
NRC ONCE AGAIN HAS FULL FIVE-MEMBER COMMISSION
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission today has a full five-member Commission for the
first time in three years.
The two newest commissioners, Dr. Nils J. Diaz and Edward McGaffigan Jr., have been
sworn in and begun their duties. Mr. McGaffigan was administered his oath of office in a small
private ceremony this morning at NRC headquarters by NRC Chairman Shirley Ann Jackson. Dr.
Diaz was sworn in last Friday (August 23) by Federal Judge Frederick Moreno in a ceremony at
the Miami (Fla.) City Hall.
They joined Chairman Jackson and Commissioners Kenneth Rogers and Greta J. Dicus at
the Commission briefing today on the certification of U.S. Enrichment Corporation facilities. It
was the first time since June 1993 that all five commissioner seats have been filled.
Dr. Diaz, whose term runs until June 30, 2001, was a professor of nuclear engineering
sciences at the University of Florida. Mr. McGaffigan was a senior science and defense advisor to
Sen. Jeff Bingaman of New Mexico and is a former Foreign Service officer. His term ends on
June 30, 2000.
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