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White House taps Douglas Weaver for NRC role

November 5, 2025, 4:03PMNuclear News

The Trump White House has nominated seasoned nuclear regulatory expert Douglas Weaver for a commissioner seat on the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. If confirmed, Weaver would fill the seat vacated by NRC commissioner Annie Caputo, who resigned in July.

Weaver’s nomination was sent earlier today to the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee. If confirmed, he would finish the remainder of Caputo’s term, which expires June 30, 2026.

Return to the NRC: Weaver brings three decades of nuclear regulatory expertise in the NRC and in the private sector. He served as vice president of nuclear regulatory affairs at Westinghouse Electric Company from 2013 to 2022, and most recently has been running his own nuclear regulatory consulting firm. He also worked for nearly 20 years at the NRC, where he held numerous leadership positions, including in the Chairman’s Office and the Office of New Reactors.

Weaver joins fellow NRC nominee Ho Nieh, who is awaiting a Senate floor vote for his nomination after advancing out the EPW committee in late October.

If the Senate votes to confirm Weaver and Nieh, it will restore the NRC to a full panel of five commissioners, which has yet to occur during the Trump administration. President Trump fired former NRC Chair Christopher Hanson in June, and Caputo left the following month.

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