Michael Binder, long time assistant deputy minister for spectrum, information, technologies and telecommunications at Industry Canada, has been tapped to lead the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission on an interim basis, effectively immediately. He replaces Linda Keen, who has been attacked by the Harper government and subsequently fired January 15th over her handling of the shutdown of Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd.'s Chalk River Nuclear Research Universal reactor. 

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