Nuclear review chief quits ANSTO board. 08/06/2006. ABC News Online: "The head of the Government's nuclear inquiry has resigned from the board of the Australian Nuclear, Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO).
Dr Ziggy Switkowski had been accused of a conflict of interest over his board membership, due to the organisation's support for nuclear power.
The former Telstra chief has told Lateline he has decided to leave the board of ANSTO to avoid accusations of bias.
'I'm going to step aside from the board of ANSTO and have done so now,' he said.
'And so I won't be party to any submissions that ANSTO makes to the committee over the next six months.'
Also on the task force are nuclear physicist Professor George Dracoulis and Professor Warwick McGibbon of the Australian National University.
The Prime Minister John Howard has announced that an expert on nuclear safety, Sylvia Kidziak, a representative of the power industry, Martin Thomas, and environmental scientist Dr Arthur Johnston have also been appointed.
Dr Switzkowski insists he is impartial.
'I don't think that having a nuclear physics background should be interpreted as orienting me towards being pro-everything to do with nuclear,' he said.
'I approach this review with an open mind.'"