The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is an independent agency of the United States government tasked with protecting public health and safety related to nuclear energy. Established by the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974,the NRC began operations on January 19,1975,as one of two successor agencies to the United States Atomic Energy Commission. Its functions include overseeing reactor safety and security,administering reactor licensing and renewal,licensing radioactive materials,radionuclide safety,and managing the storage,security,recycling,and disposal of spent fuel.
Deborah Ann Stabenow is an American politician serving as the senior United States senator from Michigan,a seat she has held since 2001. A member of the Democratic Party,she became the state's first female U.S. senator after winning the 2000 election.
Tammy Suzanne Green Baldwin is an American politician and lawyer who has served as the junior United States senator from Wisconsin since 2013. A member of the Democratic Party,she served three terms in the Wisconsin State Assembly,representing the 78th district,and from 1999 to 2013 represented Wisconsin's 2nd congressional district in the United States House of Representatives. In 2012,Baldwin was elected to the United States Senate,defeating Republican nominee Tommy Thompson. In 2018,Baldwin was reelected,defeating Republican nominee Leah Vukmir. On April 12,2023,Baldwin announced her candidacy for reelection in the 2024 Senate election in Wisconsin.
Point Beach Nuclear Plant is a nuclear power plant located on Lake Michigan in the town of Two Creeks,Wisconsin,United States. The plant was built by Wisconsin Electric Power Company,and previously operated by the Nuclear Management Company. The plant is currently owned and operated by NextEra Energy Resources,of Juno Beach,Florida.
Mignon Letitia Clyburn is an American former government official who served as a member of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) from 2009 to 2018.
Gregory B. Jaczko is a physicist who was chairman of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) from 2005 to 2012. While at the NRC,he voted against the opening of new nuclear plants;an inspector general report found that he sought unilaterally and improperly to block the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository project from advancing. After leaving the NRC,Jaczko called for a global ban on nuclear power.
Allison M. Macfarlane directs the School of Public Policy and Global Affairs at the University of British Columbia. She is the former director of the Institute for International Science and Technology Policy at George Washington University,where she was Professor of Science Policy and International Affairs. She was the chairman of the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) from July 9,2012,to December 31,2014.
Jessica Rosenworcel is an American attorney serving as a member and chairwoman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). She originally served on the FCC from May 11,2012,to January 3,2017,and was confirmed by the Senate for an additional term on August 3,2017. She was named to serve as acting chairwoman in January 2021 and designated permanent chairwoman in October 2021. She was confirmed for another term by the Senate in December 2021. Rosenworcel's current term runs for five years beginning July 1,2020.
Maureen Kraemer Ohlhausen is an American lawyer who is a former Commissioner of the Federal Trade Commission,a position she held from April 4,2012,to September 25,2018. On January 26,2017,President Donald Trump designated Ohlhausen to serve as Acting Chairwoman of the FTC. In January 2018,she was nominated by President Trump to a seat on the United States Court of Federal Claims. Ohlhausen withdrew her nomination for the federal judiciary in December 2018,opting instead to join Baker Botts as partner and co-chair of the firm's antitrust practice.
This is a list of political appointments of current officeholders made by the 45th president of the United States,Donald Trump.
Heather MacDougall is an American lawyer and former government official who currently serves as the vice president of worldwide employee health and safety for Amazon. She was a member of the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission (OSHRC) from 2014 until 2019. She served as the acting chair of OSHRC from January 2017 until her resignation in March 2019. MacDougall was first nominated to the post by President Barack Obama and unanimously confirmed by the U.S. Senate in March 2014. In April 2017,President Donald Trump nominated her to continue as a commissioner for a second term. She was confirmed by the U.S. Senate for an additional term on the OSHRC on August 3,2017. She resigned from OSHRC in March 2019 in order to join Amazon.
Indranil "Neil" Chatterjee is an American lawyer,political advisor,and government official who was a member of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. He was Chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission from August 10,2017,to December 7,2017,and again from October 24,2018,until he was removed from the position by President Donald Trump on November 5,2020.
Annie Caputo is an American political advisor and government official. She currently serves as a member of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. She was initially nominated for the commission by President Donald Trump in May 2017 and was renominated by President Joe Biden in May 2022 after her original term expired on June 30,2021. She was formerly a senior policy advisor for Chairman John Barrasso (R-WY) on the United States Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works.
David Austin Wright is an American businessman,politician,and energy policy advisor,and member of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission for the remainder of a five-year term expiring on June 30,2025 after being nominated by President Donald Trump in May 2017 and again in January 2020 and confirmed by the United States Senate.
Stephanie Dawkins Davis is an American lawyer who is serving as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. She previously served as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan and a former United States magistrate judge of the same court.
Shana M. Broussard is an American attorney who served as the chair of the Federal Election Commission (FEC) for 2021. She has been a Democratic member of the FEC since December 15,2020.
Christopher T. Hanson is an American bureaucrat and the current chairman of the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC).
Jill M. Hruby is an American mechanical engineer and government official. Since July 26,2021,Hruby has served as Under Secretary of Energy for Nuclear Security and Administrator of the National Nuclear Security Administration,a post subject to Senate confirmation. Jill Hruby made history as the first woman to ever head a U.S. nuclear weapons lab,serving as director of Sandia National Laboratories from 2015-2017.
