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2025 ANS Winter Conference & Expo
November 9–12, 2025
Washington, DC|Washington Hilton
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Senate EPW Committee to hold Nieh nomination hearing
Nieh
The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee will hold a nomination hearing Wednesday for Ho Nieh, President Donald Trump’s nominee to serve as commission at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Trump nominated Nieh on July 30 to serve as NRC commissioner the remainder of a term that will expire June 30, 2029, as Nuclear NewsWire previously reported.
Nieh has been vice president of regulatory affairs at Southern Nuclear since 2021, though since June 2024 he has been at the Institute of Nuclear Power Operations as a loaned executive.
A return to the NRC: If confirmed by the Senate, Nieh would be returning to the NRC after three previous stints totaling nearly 20 years.
2021 ANS Winter Meeting and expo Plenary Session Speaker
Ms Mykolaichuk joined the IAEA in January 2019 and is responsible for advancing information exchange and collaborative activities of Member States in the fields of nuclear facility decommissioning and environmental remediation.
Prior to joining IAEA, Ms Olena Mykolaichuk had 30 years of experience in the nuclear energy field mainly related with nuclear policy and nuclear safety issues, radioactive waste management, decommissioning and environmental remediation. She spent about 20 years working for the national nuclear safety authority, most of that at the top managerial positions. She used to work at the Chernobyl NPP, including being the Deputy Director General, and at different engineering and consulting companies in the nuclear energy field.
Ms Mykolaichuk is a Ukraine national and holds a M.S. degree in Physics and Mechanics of Chemical Processes from Moscow Physical and Technical University.
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