Reply #9: CORRECT!!

[PamW]

Quite correct!

The Energy Reorganization Act of 1974 that created the NRC only gives the Chairman special emergency powers in
the case of an emergency at a facility licensed or regulated by the NRC.

Fukushima is in Japan, and regulated by Japan's laws. Fukushima is not subject to the regulations of the NRC.

Therefore, the Chairman has no special emergency powers; and so he's just one out of 5 votes on the NRC.

If the majority of NRC commissions vote contrary to the Chairman, then he must accept the will of the majority,
and has no special powers to overrule them.

PamW