Washington (CNN) -- Three days after embattled Nuclear Regulatory Commission Chairman Gregory Jaczko announced his resignation, the White House announced President Barack Obama intends to nominate Allison Macfarlane, a professor at George Mason University, to the agency's top post. "The President has made clear that we need a strong NRC, and he believes Allison Macfarlane is the right person to lead the Commission," White House spokesman Clark Stevens said in a statement. "Dr. Macfarlane is a highly regarded expert who was a member of the President's Blue Ribbon Commission on America's Nuclear Future, and has spent years analyzing nuclear issues while at George Mason University, Harvard University as well as at MIT," Stevens said.
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President Barack Obama intends to nominate Allison Macfarlane as NRC chief
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Macfarlane is a professor at George Mason University
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Gregory Jaczko announced his resignation as NRC chairman this week
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Jaczko has been under fire since complaints about his management style surfaced
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