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The transformation of the NRC: 50 years of commissioners
The dust is beginning to settle following the whirlwind of changes at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission over the past year, and 2025 ultimately may be viewed as a transformative year, as well as the year the NRC celebrated its golden anniversary. The 12 months of that milestone year brought more change to the agency in its composition, its mandate, and its relationship to the executive branch than any comparable period in the preceding four decades.
Now at 51 years and counting, the NRC is working with a full commission and issuing new rulemakings to both regulate and support the next round of nuclear deployments. With the turbulence of 2025 still fresh in our minds, Nuclear News decided it was a good time to revisit the professional backgrounds of all 42 NRC commissioners who have served over the agency’s 50-year history to see how the composition of the commission has evolved over time.
2025
Stephen M. Bajorek
2024
Xiaodong Sun
2023
Seungjin Kim
2022
Upendra Singh RohatgiBao-Wen Yang
2021
Francesco D'AuriaChul-Hwa Song
2020
Michael Z. Podowski
2019
Shripad T. Revankar
2018
Dr. Si-Young Lee
2016
Dr. Nam Truc Dinh
2015
Mohamed S. El-Genk
2014
Jose N. Reyes
2013
Chang Oh
2012
Hisashi Ninokata
2011
John Luxat
2010
Per Peterson
2009
Mujid S. Kazimi
2008
Lawrence E. Hochreiter
2007
Jong H. Kim
2006
Fan-Bill Cheung
2005
Vijay K. DhirWilliam T. Sha
2004
Yassin A. Hassan
2003
Soon Heung Chang
2002
Jean-Marc Delhaye
2001
Michael Corradini
2000
Bal Raj Segal
1999
Victor H. Ransom
1998
Wolfgang Wulff
1997
George Yadigaroglu
1996
Theofanis G. Theofanous (Theo)
1995
Virgil E. Schrock
1994
Neil E. Todreas
1993
Herbert S. Isbin
1992
Yih Yun Hsu (Y.Y.)
1991
Hans K. Fauske
1990
Novak Zuber
1989
Mamoru Ishii
1988
Sanjoy Banerjee
1987
Salomon Levy
1986
Long Sun Tong
1985
R. T. Lahey, Jr.
