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Exclusive - Obama to renominate Republican Svinicki to nuclear panel


    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama will renominate Republican Kristine Svinicki to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, defying opposition from Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, a White House official told Reuters on Thursday.

    Republicans want Svinicki, whose term as a commissioner expires in June, to stay on the panel and believe the process is being held up because she, along with three other commission members, accused the current NRC chairman, a Democrat, of bullying women.

    "The president will renominate her," the official said, adding a formal announcement was expected in the coming days.

    (Reporting by Jeff Mason; Editing by Vicki Allen)