Saturday, January 10, 2026

Trump replaces NRC chair as he remakes agency

Ho Nieh is now chair. David Wright is still on the commission, but apparently he was not compliant enough with the “rubber stamp” agenda to satisfy the White House to remain in charge. So implies the article:

Wright’s tenure as chair was marked by growing tension between the historically independent NRC and the White House and Department of Energy. Wright told lawmakers in September that he had pushed back when a DOE attorney suggested in 

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