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Ho Nieh nominated to the NRC
Nieh
President Trump recently nominated Ho Nieh for the role of commissioner in the Nuclear Regulatory Commission through the remainder of a term that will expire June 30, 2029.
Nieh has been the vice president of regulatory affairs at Southern Nuclear since 2021, though he is currently working as a loaned executive at the Institute of Nuclear Power Operations, where he has been for more than a year.
Nieh’s experience: Nieh started his career at the Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory, where he worked primarily as a nuclear plant engineer and contributed as a civilian instructor in the U.S. Navy’s Nuclear Power Program.
From there, he joined the NRC in 1997 as a project engineer. In more than 19 years of service at the organization, he served in a variety of key leadership roles, including division director of Reactor Projects, division director of Inspection and Regional Support, and director of the Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
Sadao Hattori, Hiroshi Sasakawa, Norihiko Handa
Nuclear Technology | Volume 85 | Number 1 | April 1989 | Pages 22-32
Technical Paper | Nuclear Safety | doi.org/10.13182/NT89-A34224
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
Humankind plays a major role in the life cycle of structures or equipment, as represented by the overall processes of design, manufacture, operation, inspection, and maintenance. Any failure or damage to a structure or equipment is therefore associated with human actions. The effects of human factors on structural reliability are studied. Classification of the causes of equipment and structural failure falls into three groups in terms of the effects on stress and strength of equipment and structures. To assess the effects of factors in these three groups on structural reliability, mathematical models are reviewed and appropriate models for each group are selected. By applying these models to simple piping, they are found to be appropriate for assessing human factors. In addition, simplified models for assessing the impact of human factors on structural reliability during an earthquake are studied.
