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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.
Howard J. Bruschi, Ronald P. Vijuk
Nuclear Technology | Volume 91 | Number 1 | July 1990 | Pages 95-101
Technical Paper | Safety of Next Generation Power Reactor / Nuclear Safety | doi.org/10.13182/NT90-A34445
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The latest Westinghouse nuclear power plant (NPP) designs offer significant safety advantages in addition to enhancements in operability, cycle cost, and construction cost over existing NPPs. The passive safety systems of the 600-MW plant that Westinghouse is designing as part of a U.S. Department of Energy/ Electric Power Research Institute cooperative program to develop innovative advanced light water reactors are described. The new passive safety injection system, the passive residual heat removal system, and the new containment structure are explained. The test programs now under way to validate the design is also discussed. Finally, the new safety features incorporated into the Westinghouse 1300- and 1000-MW plant designs, including the digital instrumentation and control systems that automatically engage safety systems when plant conditions reach trip setpoints, are described. All of these features simplify the plant design, reduce operator intervention, and provide additional safety.
