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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.
Decommissioning Environmental Science and Remote Technology 2021 Speaker
Ms Tadesse joined the NEA in January 2019 and is responsible for advancing information exchange and studies in the fields of radioactive waste management, nuclear facility decommissioning, and legacy management.
Prior to joining NEA, Ms Rebecca Tadesse served as the Chief of the Radiation Protection Branch in the Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research at the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Ms Tadesse has over 27 years of domestic and international experience in the operation and radiation safety of research reactors, fuel fabrication facilities, nuclear power plants and biomedical research facilities. Ms Tadesse also served as Senior Policy Advisor for Commissioners and Senior Operational Assistant in the Executive Directors Office. In addition, Ms Tadesse was the Chief of the Material Decommissioning Branch, where she was responsible for managing the licensing and the oversight of complex decommissioning nuclear facilities. She also held numerous positions in the Reactor, Material and Fuels area at the NRC as Health Physicist, Project Manager, and Technical Assistant to the Director. Prior to her appointment with NRC, she worked for private industry and Federal Government as a Radiation Physicist at Common Wealth Edison Nuclear Corporation, General Atomics defense Contractor Company, and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
Ms Tadesse is a US national and holds a B.S. degree in Radiation Physics from Purdue University and an M.S. degree in Environmental Science/Policy from Johns Hopkins University
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