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An interview with NRC Chairman Christopher T. Hanson

September 9, 2022, 3:09PMNuclear NewsRick Michal

Who better to talk with about the licensing of nuclear facilities and materials than Christopher T. Hanson, the chairman of the five-member Nuclear Regulatory Commission? Hanson is the principal executive officer of and official spokesman for the NRC. As a collegial body, the Commission formulates policies, develops regulations governing nuclear reactor and nuclear material safety, issues orders to licensees, and adjudicates legal matters.

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Webinar: UMich’s The Reactor Around the Corner

December 4, 2025, 9:30AMANS Nuclear Cafe

The latest report from the University of Michigan Science, Technology, and Public Policy Program’s Technology Assessment Project (TAP) will be the focus of a webinar on December 11, from...

NRC completes safety review for TerraPower’s Kemmerer project

December 3, 2025, 9:30AMNuclear News

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission recently announced that it has completed its final safety evaluation (SE) for the construction permit application for Kemmerer Power Station Unit 1 in...

ARDP update: General Atomics finalizes conceptual design

December 2, 2025, 7:04AMNuclear News

The Department of Energy recently announced that General Atomics has successfully completed the conceptual design of its new helium gas–cooled fast modular reactor (FMR). This milestone...

NRC extends comment period for X-energy’s TX-1 fuel facility

November 19, 2025, 11:25AMNuclear News

Due to the days lost to the government shutdown, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission has extended the public comment period for a draft environmental impact statement for the TX-1 advanced...

X-energy raises $700M in latest funding round

November 25, 2025, 3:01PMNuclear News

Advanced reactor developer X-energy has announced that it has closed an oversubscribed Series D financing round of approximately $700 million. The funding proceeds are expected to be used to...

Construction begins on X-energy’s Oak Ridge advanced fuel facility

November 18, 2025, 12:07PMNuclear News

Small modular reactor developer X-energy and its subsidiary TRISO-X announced yesterday the start of aboveground construction for its TX-1 advanced nuclear fuel fabrication facility in Oak...

Coming up: The 4th annual ARCSC workshop

November 24, 2025, 12:01PMANS News

The 4th Annual Advanced Reactor Codes and Standards Collaborative (ARCSC) Workshop will take place on December 4 from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. (EST). The event, which will be hosted at the...

NRC receives construction application for isotope production reactor

November 24, 2025, 7:00AMNuclear News

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission announced that it has received the first portion of a construction permit application from Oklo subsidiary Atomic Alchemy that requests permission to build...

Nieh confirmed for the NRC

November 19, 2025, 3:00PMNuclear News

Earlier today, the U.S. Senate officially confirmed Ho Nieh in a 66–32 vote to serve as a commissioner on the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission through the remainder of a term that will...

PR: American Nuclear Society welcomes Senate confirmation of Ho Nieh as NRC commissioner

Senate confirms Ho Nieh as commissioner for the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission

November 19, 2025, 11:58AMPress Releases

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The American Nuclear Society (ANS) applauds the U.S. Senate’s confirmation of Ho Nieh to serve as a commissioner of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC):...

An interview with NRC Chairman Christopher T. Hanson

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